I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal! — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and worldly wealth consumeth, and wasteth… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
