As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men. — 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
Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post. — 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
If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal. — 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
Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot… — 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
Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal! — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy. — 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
Vicious habits are so great a stain to human nature, and so odious in themselves, that every person actuated by right reason… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
...the counsels of the Divine Mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods, than in giving health to men. — 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
