Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Let your desires be ruled by reason.

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Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

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The spirit is the true self.

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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.

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There is no moment without some duty.

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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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Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

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We are not born for ourselves alone.

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Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.

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We can more easily avenge an injury than requite a kindness; on this account, because there is less difficulty in getting the better of the wicked than in making one's self equal with the good.

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The sinews of war are infinite money.

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To freemen, threats are impotent.

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Before beginning, prepare carefully.

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I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.

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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.

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If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

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In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

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The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

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There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

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