Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.

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The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

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Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

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We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

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Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

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The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.

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If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

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They condemn what they do not understand.

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Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. [Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]

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Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

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Freedom is participation in power.

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All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.

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No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.

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Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

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From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.

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Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

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By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.

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