Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

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We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

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Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.

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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

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Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

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In times of war, the law falls silent.

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People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.... Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Don't wait till freedom is gone before you enjoy, value, support, protect and make the most of it!

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If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

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It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

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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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Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

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Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

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Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

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If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

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The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.

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All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.

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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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Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.

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A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.

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