Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Studies are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; they are companions by night, and in travel, and in the country.

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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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No man in his senses will dance.

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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

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To freemen, threats are impotent.

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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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All the arts of refinement have mutual kinship.

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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

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The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

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If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.

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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

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Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

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I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

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That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.

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For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.

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No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

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Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

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Let each man have according to his deserts.

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