Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

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Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

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In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.

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What is dignity without honesty?

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It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.

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They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

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Leisure with dignity.

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Nature has inclined us to love men.

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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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Freedom is participation in power.

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What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]

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To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.

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Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.

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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

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Who does not know history's first law to be that an author must not dare to tell anything but the truth? And its second that he must make bold to tell the whole truth? That there must be no suggestion of partiality anywhere in his writings? Nor of malice?

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Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

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There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher.

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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

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