Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

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These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats.

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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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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

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It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

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Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]

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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

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The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

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What times! What manners!

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Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

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The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

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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 a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

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Always the same thing.

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I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

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More law, less justice.

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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

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There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

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Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world"; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.

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