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
This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them would prove harmful to those to whom you have made them. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Can you also, Lucullus, affirm that there is any power united with wisdom and prudence which has made, or, to use your… — 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