Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The real friend is another self.

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There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

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People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.... Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Don't wait till freedom is gone before you enjoy, value, support, protect and make the most of it!

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There is no place more delightful than home.

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Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.

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For many wish not so much to be, as to seem to be, endowed with real virtue.

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

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No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]

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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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Hatred is settled anger.

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Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

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Genius is fostered by industry.

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There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.

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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

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Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.

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I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

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

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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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If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

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