Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.

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To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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

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To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.

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Studies are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; they are companions by night, and in travel, and in the country.

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

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God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

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I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

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To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]

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No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

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A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]

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Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

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...the counsels of the Divine Mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer the penalty for sins committed in a former life.

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The last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. [Lat., Supremus ille dies non nostri extinctionem sed commutationem affert loci.]

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Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

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Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

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In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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