Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]

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I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

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For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error.

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All soils are not fertile.

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

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I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.

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A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

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What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?

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There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.

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Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.

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Old age by nature is rather talkative.

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In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

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A community is like the ones who govern it.

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

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To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.

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If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

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This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age.

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Let each man have according to his deserts.

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Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

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