Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

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It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

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If a man could mount to Heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had someone to share in his pleasure.

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How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!

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Peace is freedom in tranquility.

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We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.

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

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Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]

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Old age is by nature rather talkative.

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Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

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There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.

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The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est

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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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The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure.

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Friendship, on the other hand, serves a great host of different purposes all at the same time. In whatever direction you turn, it still remains yours. No barrier can shut it out. It can never be untimely; it can never be in the way. We need friendship all the time, just as much as we need the proverbial prime necessities of life, fire and water.

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Hunger is the best sauce.

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Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

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