Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. [Lat., Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esses senex.]

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It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.

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If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

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It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

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Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

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Friendship, on the other hand, serves a great host of different purposes all at the same time. In whatever direction you turn, it still remains yours. No barrier can shut it out. It can never be untimely; it can never be in the way. We need friendship all the time, just as much as we need the proverbial prime necessities of life, fire and water.

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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

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In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.

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There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.

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Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

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Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

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Nature abhors annihilation.

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There is no place more delightful than home.

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For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

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Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]

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Laws are inoperative in war

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Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]

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There is a difference between justice and consideration in one's relations to one's fellow men. It is the function of justice not to do wrong to one's fellow men of considerateness, not to wound their feelings.

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Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]

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