But if you should take the bond of goodwill out of the universe no house or city could stand, nor would even… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable?… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead. [Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen! — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them is to prove harmful to those to whom you have made… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If a man could mount to Heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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 Image
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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 Image
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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 Image
