Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

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

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These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats.

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Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

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This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not learned from man, received or read, but which we have caught up from Nature herself, sucked in and imbibed; the knowledge of which we were not taught, but for which we were made; we received it not by education, but by intuition.

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Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?

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Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

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

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Probability is the very guide of life.

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Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.

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The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

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I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

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Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook.

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The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and with little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.

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Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

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The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices.

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Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

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

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It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

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Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

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If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

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