Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

The whole glory of virtue resides in activity.

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Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)

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Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty. Our Constitution speaks of the "general welfare of the people." Under that phrase all sorts of excesses can be employed by lusting tyrants to make us bondsmen.

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Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.

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Everyone cleaves to the doctrine he has happened upon, as to a rock against which he has been thrown by tempest.

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When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.

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Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.

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Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

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We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

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Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

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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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If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

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The wise man never loses his temper.

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Nature has inclined us to love men.

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In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

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No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.

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It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.

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Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

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