Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

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If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant error extorted from me; and if, as some minute philosophers suppose, death should deprive me of my being, I need not fear the raillery of those pretended philosophers when they are no more.

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If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

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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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The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure.

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The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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

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Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.

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Thrift is of great revenue.

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In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into immorality.

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A wise man does nothing by constraint.

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We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

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All soils are not fertile.

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Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

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The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

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There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.

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Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]

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Through doubt we arrive at the truth.

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Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

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