Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.

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Do nothing twice over.

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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

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Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?

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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

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A nation can survive its fools, even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within....for the traitor appears not to be a traitor...he rots the soul of a nation...he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.

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There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.

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Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

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In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

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To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

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Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)

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The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

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A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]

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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

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The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

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Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.

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