Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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Genius is fostered by industry.

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Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

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O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!

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Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]

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Let reason govern desire.

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Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense.

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Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

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In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities.

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Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

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

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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

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For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly?

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Strict law is often great injustice.

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The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

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Every animal loves itself.

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