Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

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The forehead is the gate of the mind.

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It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.

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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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For every man's nature is concealed with many folds of disguise, and covered as it were with various veils. His brows, his eyes, and very often his countenance, are deceitful, and his speech is most commonly a lie.

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The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

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Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

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There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

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The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they exercise through their unions. They are a nation of rascals and deceivers.

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We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise people will feel toward their friends as they do toward themselves, and whatever labor they would encounter with a view to their own pleasure, they will encounter also for the sake of their friends.

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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

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For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.

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Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

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The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

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Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

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One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees.

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More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

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There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

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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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