Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

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Let each man have according to his deserts.

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Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world"; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.

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Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.

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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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All soils are not fertile.

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An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

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There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.

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Come now: Do we really think that the gods are everywhere called by the same names by which they are addressed by us? But the gods have as many names as there are languages among humans. For it is not with the gods as with you: you are Velleius wherever you go, but Vulcan is not Vulcan in Italy and in Africa and in Spain.

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Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

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Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

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The best interpreter of the law is custom.

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Genius is fostered by industry.

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You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.

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There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

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In the approach to virtue there are many steps.

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Thrift is of great revenue.

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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

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Man is his own worst enemy.

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Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.

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