Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

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History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities.

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When war is raging the laws are dumb.

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A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

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Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.

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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

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

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Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

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Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods and evils.

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There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

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An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.

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What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

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I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]

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Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.

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The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

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Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]

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Taxes are the sinews of the state.

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Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

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