Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

More laws, less justice.

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

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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

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The foundation of justice is good faith.

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Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

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The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.

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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

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A dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state.

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Do nothing twice over.

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I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

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For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

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Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]

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I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.

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All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.

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I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.

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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

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Life is nothing without friendship.

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Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.

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