Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

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No one dies too soon who has finished the course of perfect virtue.

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I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.

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On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

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To wonder at nothing when it happens, to consider nothing impossible before it has come to pass.

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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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Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?

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

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Every man's friend is no man's friend.

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In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these.

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There is no life without friendship

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I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn. [Lat., Juravi lingua, mentem injuratem gero.]

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Everyone has his besetting sin.

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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]

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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

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Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

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Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.

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He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]

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Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.

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