Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

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Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or other make a Venus-cast: now and then he indeed will make it twice and even thrice in succession. Are we going to be so feebleminded then as to aver that such a thing happened by the personal intervention of Venus rather than by pure luck?

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A true friend is a sort of second self.

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Justice renders to every one his due.

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We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?

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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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There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

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Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

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Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

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For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity?

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All soils are not fertile.

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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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Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.

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

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To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.

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It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

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