Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.

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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.

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Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

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I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

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History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life

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Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.

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For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

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In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

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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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That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.

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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

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What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]

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Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.

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There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

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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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Before beginning, prepare carefully.

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The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.

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For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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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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