There is a difference between justice and consideration in one's relations to one's fellow men. It is the function of justice not… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence. — 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
There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I know that it is likely that as worship of the gods declines, faith between men and all human society will disappear,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another. — 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
