Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.

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Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.

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What times! What manners!

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There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.

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Every animal loves itself.

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A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

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In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

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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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It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

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There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.

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Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

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Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.

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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

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Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.

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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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After victory, you have more enemies.

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