Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Life is nothing without friendship.

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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

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Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. [Lat., Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.]

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Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.

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

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Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.

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I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home. [Lat., Ex vita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanquam ex domo.]

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For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.

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When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

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But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature.

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That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

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

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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.

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No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

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No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

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