Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]

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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

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

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Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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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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Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

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There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

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Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

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That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.

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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

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We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

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There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.

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How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.

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Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

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The wise man never loses his temper.

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Before beginning, plan carefully.

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Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.

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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

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The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

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The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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