Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

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The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

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Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.

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It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one.

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Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

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When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.

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As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

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The remembrance of past misery is sweet.

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Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

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That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!

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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

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Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.

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We rejoice in the joys of our friends as much as we do our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise people will feel toward their friends as they do toward themselves, and whatever labor they would encounter with a view to their own pleasure, they will encounter also for the sake of their friends.

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To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.

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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

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The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

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

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Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.

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