Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

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The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.

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War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]

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I am never less alone than when alone.

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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

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In anger nothing right nor judicious can be done.

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Never injure a friend, even in jest.

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Every man's friend is no man's friend.

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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

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If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

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Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

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The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

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An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead. [Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo.]

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The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.

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If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

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There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.

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All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union, and are connected, if I may be allowed to say so, by blood-relationship with one another.

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All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.

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