Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

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Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

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As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.

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Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.

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Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense.

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Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.

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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

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The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

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The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

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What society does to its children, so will its children do to society.

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Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

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There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

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The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.

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If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

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