Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

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An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.

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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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Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

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The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.

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To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.

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It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

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Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.

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No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.

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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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Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.'

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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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The beginnings of all things are small.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

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The last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. [Lat., Supremus ille dies non nostri extinctionem sed commutationem affert loci.]

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What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

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The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.

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The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

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