Source: De Re Publica
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Famous Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
“What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?”
“For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.”
Source: Cicero: De oratore ...
“Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.”
“Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.”
“In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.”
“It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.”
“No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.”
“The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.”
“To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.”
“What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.”
Source: Cicero in twenty-nine volumes
“There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.”
“The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man.”
“The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.”
“The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.”
“The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.”
“We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.”
Source: Tusculan Disputations
Source: Thoughts of Cicero: On the Following Subjects, Viz. I. Religion. II. Man. III. Conscience. IV. The Passions. V. Wisdom. VI. Probity. VII. Eloquence. VIII. Friendship. IX. Old Age. X. Death. XI. Scipio's Dream. XII. Miscellaneous Thoughts
“In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.”
“We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.”
“Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.”
Source: Cicero: Letters to Atticus