Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

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Strict law is often great injustice.

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The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

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We are born poets. we become orators.

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The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.

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To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

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Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

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What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

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Ability without honor is useless.

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An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

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There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.

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He who suffers, remembers.

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Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.

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Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world"; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.

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To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.

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We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

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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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True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

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