Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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I am never less alone than when alone.

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Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence.

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The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.

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Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est

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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 soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

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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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There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher.

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The good of the people is the greatest law.

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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

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

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Tomorrow will give us something to think about

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For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

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Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

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I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

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The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions?

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Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.

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By doubting we come at truth.

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