Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

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There were poets before Homer.

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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

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Peace is freedom in tranquility.

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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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A wise man does nothing by constraint.

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Laws are inoperative in war

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For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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In the approach to virtue there are many steps.

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Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

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It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an apposite moment of mental relaxation, is becoming in the most serious of men, whereas the other is unworthy of any free person, if the content is indecent or the expression obscene.

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It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

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Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

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If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

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Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

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Nothing quite new is perfect.

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

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We are not born for ourselves alone.

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Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.

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