Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

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He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

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To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]

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If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway.

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As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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Old age by nature is rather talkative.

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When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

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For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

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An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

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Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]

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We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.

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Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth.

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Pardon is granted to necessity.

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Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

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A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures?

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As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.

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It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

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If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

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