Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as to be swayed by something resembling an impulse of the spirit impetu quodam animi or emotion perturbatione, rather than by judgment or deliberation. For men decide far more problems by hate, or love, or lust, or rage, or sorrow, or joy, or hope, or fear, or illusion, or some other inward emotion aliqua permotione mentis, than by reality or authority, or any legal standard, or judicial precedent or statute.

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Not to know what happened before means to remain forever a child.

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That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.

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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

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There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune.

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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

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Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

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My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.

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Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

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Secret enmities are more to be feared than open ones.

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The works of nature must all be accounted good.

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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

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Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

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Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.]

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Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

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Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself. [Lat., Omnia quae vindicaris in altero, tibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt.]

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The good of the people is the greatest law.

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Always the same thing.

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