Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The good of the people is the greatest law.

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Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

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Tomorrow will give us something to think about

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Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

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Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.

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Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

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If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

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No one has leave to sin.

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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

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Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.

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

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The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.

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I know not any season of life that is past more agreeably than virtuous old age.

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The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

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Everyone has his besetting sin.

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Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

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Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship.

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He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

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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 budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

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