The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience? — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Virtue is uniform, conformable to reason, and of unvarying consistency; nothing can be added to it that can make it more than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude.… — 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
Come now: Do we really think that the gods are everywhere called by the same names by which they are addressed by… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless… — 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