Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

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History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.

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Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.

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The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

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The habit of arguing in support of atheism, whether it be done from conviction or in pretense, is a wicked and impious practice.

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Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

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If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

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Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.

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It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.

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I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

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There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.

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The works of nature must all be accounted good.

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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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Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.

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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

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The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

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Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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