Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.

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Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

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By doubting we come at truth.

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

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

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Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as to be swayed by something resembling an impulse of the spirit impetu quodam animi or emotion perturbatione, rather than by judgment or deliberation. For men decide far more problems by hate, or love, or lust, or rage, or sorrow, or joy, or hope, or fear, or illusion, or some other inward emotion aliqua permotione mentis, than by reality or authority, or any legal standard, or judicial precedent or statute.

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We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.

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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

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I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.

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More law, less justice.

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

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Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

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

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The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.

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Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.

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Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

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The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

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It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

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Hmm... That's like telling you about the cold of space, or terror of midnight. Sithis is all those things. He is... the Void.

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