Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.

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Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

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It is better to receive than to do injury.

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I am a Roman citizen.

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It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.

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Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

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More laws, less justice.

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There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him.

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While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

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Unraveling the web of Penelope.

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The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

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True nobility is exempt from fear.

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But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage of the fields abide. If that statement is not clear, then you may understand how great is the power of friendship and of concord from a consideration of the results of enmity and disagreement. For what house is so strong, or what state so enduring that it cannot be utterly overthrown by animosities and division?

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It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.

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What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

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But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?

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That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

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