You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. [Lat., Mature fieri senem,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and… — 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
This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. — 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
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
Nothing is more becoming in a great man than courtesy and forbearance — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For every man's nature is concealed with many folds of disguise, and covered as it were with various veils. His brows, his… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
All men have a feeling, that they would rather you told them a civil lie than give them a point blank refusal....… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only. — 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. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.] — 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
There is in fact a true law namely right reason, which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men and is… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up… — 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
