Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.

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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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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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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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

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The best interpreter of the law is custom.

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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

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The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure.

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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

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Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

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No sane man will dance.

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For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.

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You may never be less alone than when you are alone.

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The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

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The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.

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I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.

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Pardon is granted to necessity.

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It is virtue, virtue, which both creates and preserves friendship. On it depends harmony of interest, permanence, fidelity.

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Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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