Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even the tillage of the fields abide. If that statement is not clear, then you may understand how great is the power of friendship and of concord from a consideration of the results of enmity and disagreement. For what house is so strong, or what state so enduring that it cannot be utterly overthrown by animosities and division?

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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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Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

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More laws, less justice.

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No man in his senses will dance.

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I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

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

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The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.)

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For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.

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Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.

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A man of courage is also full of faith.

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In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

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There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

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For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.

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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

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Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.

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Thrift is a great revenue.

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