Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

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There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading but by derivation and absorption and adoption from nature itself; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays it down that, 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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An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.

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Through doubt we arrive at the truth.

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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

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They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend.

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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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Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

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The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

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To-morrow will give some food for thought.

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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 spirit is the true self.

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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

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What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

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More law, less justice.

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What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

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Peace is freedom in tranquility.

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