Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.

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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

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The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.

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If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

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Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

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It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

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The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

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An agreement of rash men (a conspiracy).

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I am much beholden to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation in proportion as it has lessened my appetites of hunger and thirst.

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Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

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Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.

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

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The beginnings of all things are small.

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There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune.

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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

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Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

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Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection.

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Nature loves nothing solitary, and always reaches out to something, as a support, which ever in the sincerest friend is most delightful.

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Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.

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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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