Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

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Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?

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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]

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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione quidem violari fas fuit.]

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I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.

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One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees.

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The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they exercise through their unions. They are a nation of rascals and deceivers.

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Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home

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Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

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Thrift is a great revenue.

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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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Hunger is the best sauce.

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Man must suffer to be wise.

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I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

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Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?

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There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

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Unraveling the web of Penelope.

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No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]

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