Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow

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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

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

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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

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To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

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I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent.

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An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

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Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.

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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

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There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

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We can more easily avenge an injury than requite a kindness; on this account, because there is less difficulty in getting the better of the wicked than in making one's self equal with the good.

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To-morrow will give some food for thought.

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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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Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

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The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

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The beginnings of all things are small.

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It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.

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Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook.

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

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