Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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Before beginning, prepare carefully.

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The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

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I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.

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The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.

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How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

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Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no fellowship with virtue.

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That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

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Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

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He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

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A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures?

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Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

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To freemen, threats are impotent.

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Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

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To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

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Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.

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Freedom is participation in power.

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Studies are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; they are companions by night, and in travel, and in the country.

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There is no place more delightful than home.

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True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

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