Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed. — 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
It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than # agriculture — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company… — 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
A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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
No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or… — 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
It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For out of such an ungoverned populace one is usually chosen as a leader, someone bold and unscrupulous who curries favor with… — 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
No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
No man should so act as to make a gain out of the ignorance of another. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. — 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
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