Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

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When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of penetrating into the future: when I behold such a number of arts and sciences, and such a multitude of discoveries hence arising,--I believe and am firmly persuaded that a nature which contains so many things within itself cannot be mortal.

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For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly?

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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

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It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

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Nothing quite new is perfect.

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I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

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We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If good will and affection are taken away, every joy is taken from life.

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Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

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Man must suffer to be wise.

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Please go on, make your threats. I don't like to submit to mere implication.

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Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

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How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!

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There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.

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Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.

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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

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Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

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Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.

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