Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

...the counsels of the Divine Mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer the penalty for sins committed in a former life.

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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

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Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?

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Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?

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The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

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The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living.

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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]

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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

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We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

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The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

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There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

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If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.

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Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

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War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

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Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

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No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power.

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There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

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Thrift is of great revenue.

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