Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not learned from man, received or read, but which we have caught up from Nature herself, sucked in and imbibed; the knowledge of which we were not taught, but for which we were made; we received it not by education, but by intuition.

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Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.

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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated.

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In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

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No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

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Let your desires be ruled by reason.

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We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.

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Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.

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I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is hunger; for drink, thirst.

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Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.

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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

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Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone.

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They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.

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To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

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For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than #‎ agriculture

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God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

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We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

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Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

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Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

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