Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law.

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There were poets before Homer.

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Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

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Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

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That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.

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This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

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A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

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It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

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A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures?

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It is a great thing to know your vices.

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There is not a moment without some duty.

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

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He he he... Crazy? Cicero? He he he he! That's... madness.

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Let the punishment match the offense.

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There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

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Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

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Strict law is often great injustice.

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Every man's friend is no man's friend.

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There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

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If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

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