Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero

Empire and liberty.

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Hatred is settled anger.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

While there's life, there's hope.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Nature abhors annihilation.