Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Not to know what happened before means to remain forever a child.

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In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.

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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

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Hatred is settled anger.

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When they remain silent, they cry out.

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For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

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The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

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No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.

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Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

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Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

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Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.

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These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

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We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

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There is nothing which God cannot do. [Lat., Nihil est quod deus efficere non possit.]

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An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]

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Secret enmities are more to be feared than open ones.

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Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook.

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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

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