Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

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The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

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

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The science of love is the philosophy of the heart

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But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?

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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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While the sick man has life, there is hope.

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In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance.

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Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.

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No one has leave to sin.

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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

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Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]

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In times of war, the law falls silent.

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There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him.

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To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

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All men have a feeling, that they would rather you told them a civil lie than give them a point blank refusal.... If you make a promise, the thing is still uncertain, depends on a future day, and concerns but few people; but if you refuse you alienate people to a certainty and at once, and many people too.

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Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

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Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.

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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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