Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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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Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.

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The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.

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A wise man does nothing by constraint.

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Let reason govern desire.

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I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead. [Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo.]

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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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The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]

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For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

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We are not born for ourselves alone.

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The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

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Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.

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Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.

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Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

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Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already.

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A youth of sensuality and intemperance delivers over to old age a worn-out body.

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For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?

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For out of such an ungoverned populace one is usually chosen as a leader, someone bold and unscrupulous who curries favor with the people by giving them other men's property. To such a man the protection of public office is given, and continually renewed. He emerges as a tyrant over the very people who raised him to power.

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

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