Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.

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No man should so act as to make a gain out of the ignorance of another.

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As I breathe, I hope.

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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

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Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

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Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

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

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Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.

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Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness.

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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

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The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.

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O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

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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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