Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue. [Lat., Nam quae voluptate, quasi mercede aliqua, ad officium impellitur, ea non est virtus sed fallax imitatio simulatioque virtutis.]

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As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

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For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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Through doubt we arrive at the truth.

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Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

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Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

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All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.

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He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.

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There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

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Everything is alive... Everything is interconnected.

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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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Man is his own worst enemy.

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

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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

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Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow

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Do nothing twice over.

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So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!

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