Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)

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Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

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It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

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A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

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The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.

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The last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. [Lat., Supremus ille dies non nostri extinctionem sed commutationem affert loci.]

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Strain every nerve to gain your point.

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The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

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If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant error extorted from me; and if, as some minute philosophers suppose, death should deprive me of my being, I need not fear the raillery of those pretended philosophers when they are no more.

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It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

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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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Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship.

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What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.

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A letter does not blush.

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Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

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As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

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The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.

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It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.

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

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