Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise people will feel toward their friends as they do toward themselves, and whatever labor they would encounter with a view to their own pleasure, they will encounter also for the sake of their friends.

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Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]

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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

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

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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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There is no place more delightful than home.

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In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.

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They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

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The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

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A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.

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The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.

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Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]

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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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The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

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I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

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When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

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The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]

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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

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The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living.

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The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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