Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Laws are inoperative in war

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Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

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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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If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

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It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

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He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

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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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Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.

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The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living.

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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

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Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

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The human mind ever longs for occupation.

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There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

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Thrift is of great revenue.

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A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

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I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

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Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

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An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.

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