Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

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War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]

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The first bond of society is marriage.

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If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant error extorted from me; and if, as some minute philosophers suppose, death should deprive me of my being, I need not fear the raillery of those pretended philosophers when they are no more.

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These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats.

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The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

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

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Justice renders to every one his due.

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The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

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The human mind ever longs for occupation.

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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

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Honor is the reward of virtue.

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Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.

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If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

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That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.

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Pardon is granted to necessity.

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The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

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As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.

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Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

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Friendship is not to be sought for its wages, but because its revenue consists entirely in the love which it implies.

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