Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

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We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If good will and affection are taken away, every joy is taken from life.

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Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.

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As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

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Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

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Come now: Do we really think that the gods are everywhere called by the same names by which they are addressed by us? But the gods have as many names as there are languages among humans. For it is not with the gods as with you: you are Velleius wherever you go, but Vulcan is not Vulcan in Italy and in Africa and in Spain.

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Like associates with like.

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The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.

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Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.

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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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Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]

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To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

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What the object of senile avarice may be I cannot conceive. For can there be anything more absurd than to seek more journey money, the less there remains of the journey?

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More law, less justice.

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It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

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Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.

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Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

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Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]

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