Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.

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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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We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

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

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Old age by nature is rather talkative.

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Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.

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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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Calamus fortior gladio.

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The freedom of poetic license.

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I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

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To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

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Not to know what happened before means to remain forever a child.

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The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

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People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

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In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]

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All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.

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Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.

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According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

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