Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.

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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

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Virtue is uniform, conformable to reason, and of unvarying consistency; nothing can be added to it that can make it more than virtue; nothing can be taken from it, and the name of virtue be left.

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When war is raging the laws are dumb.

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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God

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Man's best support is a very dear friend.

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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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For out of such an ungoverned populace one is usually chosen as a leader, someone bold and unscrupulous who curries favor with the people by giving them other men's property. To such a man the protection of public office is given, and continually renewed. He emerges as a tyrant over the very people who raised him to power.

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Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

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An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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Ability without honor is useless.

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Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.

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Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

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I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn. [Lat., Juravi lingua, mentem injuratem gero.]

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When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.

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I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

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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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Falsehoods border on truths.

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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

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After victory, you have more enemies.

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