Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

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In anger nothing right nor judicious can be done.

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O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life. [Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix, expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]

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What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.

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We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.

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Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

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Everyone has his besetting sin.

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I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

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Every animal loves itself.

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Nothing is more disgraceful than insincerity.

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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

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Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.

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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

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Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. [Lat., Domina omnium et regina ratio.]

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Philosophy is the true mother of science.

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I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

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No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds.

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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

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Friends, though absent, are still present.

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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.

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