Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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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Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

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Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

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It is a great thing to know your vices.

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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

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The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men

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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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The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it.

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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

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If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

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Kindness is produced by kindness.

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For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

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The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.

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In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.

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No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

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As you have sown so shall you reap.

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