Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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It is a great thing to know your vices.

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Work makes a callus against grief.

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

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The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

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Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.

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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

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Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.

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To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.

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For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.

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The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]

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To live long it is necessary to live slowly.

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To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

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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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The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.

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We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

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