Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

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There were poets before Homer.

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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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Ability without honor is useless.

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We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise people will feel toward their friends as they do toward themselves, and whatever labor they would encounter with a view to their own pleasure, they will encounter also for the sake of their friends.

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All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.

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The real friend is another self.

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It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

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Nothing is more disgraceful than insincerity.

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The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.

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Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.

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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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I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

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The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

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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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In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

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Let the punishment match the offense.

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Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

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The first bond of society is marriage.

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No sober person dances.

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