Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

The more laws, the less justice.

To live is to think.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Ability without honor is useless.

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

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.