Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

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A letter does not blush.

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We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.

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The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

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This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not learned from man, received or read, but which we have caught up from Nature herself, sucked in and imbibed; the knowledge of which we were not taught, but for which we were made; we received it not by education, but by intuition.

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What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law.

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Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.

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Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]

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There is, I know not how, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence; and this takes the deepest root, and is most discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls.

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There is no moment without some duty.

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The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices.

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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

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

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Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

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Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.

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For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.

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For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.

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This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.

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It is better to receive than to do injury.

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