Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

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It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

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When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of penetrating into the future: when I behold such a number of arts and sciences, and such a multitude of discoveries hence arising,--I believe and am firmly persuaded that a nature which contains so many things within itself cannot be mortal.

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Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

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

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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

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When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!

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The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality.

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The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices.

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Honor is the reward of virtue.

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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

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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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Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed .

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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

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Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense.

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