Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.

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According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

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There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

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If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

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Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.

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To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.

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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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For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

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The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.

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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

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It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

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This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

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I do not now so much as wish to have the Strength of Youth again that I wish'd in Youth for the Strength of an Ox or Elephant. For it is our Business only to make the best Use we can of the Powers granted us by Nature.

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Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

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Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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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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