Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

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Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]

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No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]

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That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.

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He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

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The illustrious and noble ought to place before them certain rules and regulations, not less for their hours of leisure and relaxation than for those of business.

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Friendship is nothing else than entire fellow feeling as to all things human and divine with mutual good-will and affection; and I doubt whether anything better than this, wisdom alone excepted, has been given to man.

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There is nothing god cannot do.

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Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.

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The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

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Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

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Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

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To reduce man to the duties of his own city, and to disengage him from duties to the members of other cities, is to break the universal society of the human race.

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More law, less justice.

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. . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from the fetters of your body, you cannot gain admission here. Men were created with the understanding that they were to look after that sphere called Earth, which you see in the middle of the temple. Minds have been given to them out of the eternal fires you call fixed stars and planets, those spherical solids which, quickened with divine minds, journey through their circuits and orbits with amazing speed.

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Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.

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Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.

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The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men

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A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

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More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

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