--- title: "8 Gains Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero" description: "8 Gains quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Plus more from Marcus Tullius Cicero and more Gains sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_action_what-is-morally-wrong-can-never-be-advan_178567.jpg" --- > [What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/what-is-morally-wrong-can-never-be-advantageous-even-when-it-enables/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_action_what-is-morally-wrong-can-never-be-advan_178567.jpg) > [Strain every nerve to gain your point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/strain-every-nerve-to-gain-your-point/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_gains_strain-every-nerve-to-gain-your-point-26_266502.jpg) > [. . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/for-until-that-god-who-rules-all-the-region-of-the-sky-has-freed-you/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_admission_for-until-that-god-who-rules-all-the-reg_617297.jpg) > [ When trying a case \[the famous judge\] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/when-trying-a-case-the-famous-judge-l-cassius-never-failed-to-inquire/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_cases_when-trying-a-case-the-famous-judge-l-ca_717447.jpg) > [Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/six-mistakes-mankind-keeps-making-century-after-century-believing/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/642/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_accomplish_six-mistakes-mankind-keeps-making-centur_1110623.jpg) > [Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/ill-gotten-gains-will-be-ill-spent/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_gains_ill-gotten-gains-will-be-ill-spent-11963_1196333.jpg) > [Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nothing-is-so-difficult-to-believe-that-oratory-cannot-make-it/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50b/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_acceptable_nothing-is-so-difficult-to-believe-that_2307452.jpg) > [No man should so act as to make a gain out of the ignorance of another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/no-man-should-so-act-as-to-make-a-gain-out-of-the-ignorance-of-another/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_gain_no-man-should-so-act-as-to-make-a-gain-o_2497704.jpg) ## Other authors on Gains ## More by Marcus Tullius Cicero > [Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/laughing-laughing-laughing-laughing-it-is-the-jester-a-voice-from-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/this-is-a-proof-of-a-well-trained-mind-to-rejoice-in-what-is-good-and/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/let-art-then-imitate-nature-find-what-she-desires-and-follow-as-she/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/gratitude-is-not-only-the-greatest-of-virtues-but-the-parent-of-all/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. \[Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/things-sacred-should-not-only-be-touched-with-the-hands-but/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/grief-is-not-in-the-nature-of-things-but-in-opinion/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/physicians-when-the-cause-of-disease-is-discovered-consider-that-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nihil-est-incertius-vulgo-nihil-obscurius-voluntate-hominum-nihil/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-foundations-of-justice-are-that-on-one-shall-suffer-wrong-then/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [“The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-life-of-the-dead-is-set-in-the-memory-of-the-living/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Pardon is granted to necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/pardon-is-granted-to-necessity/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/friendship-embraces-innumerable-ends-turn-where-you-will-it-is-ever/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/history-is-the-witness-of-the-times-the-light-of-truth-the-life-of/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-jews-belong-to-a-dark-and-repulsive-force-one-knows-how-numerous/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nature-has-planted-in-our-minds-an-insatiable-longing-to-see-the-truth/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gains/marcus-tullius-cicero/#itemlist", "name": "8 Gains Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. 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