I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Please go on, make your threats. I don't like to submit to mere implication. — 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
Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Now in regard to trades and other means of livelihood, which ones are to be considered becoming to a gentleman and which… — 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
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
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
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
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
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
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
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
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
History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
