Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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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He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

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All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]

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To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.

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He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men.

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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

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Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

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In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful

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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

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A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures?

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Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

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It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

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

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War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]

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

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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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That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!

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