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“O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“To live is to think.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“No one can give you better advice than yourself.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Honor is the reward of virtue.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Sweet is the memory of past troubles.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“ Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared. ”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Like associates with like.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The good of the people is the greatest law.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Before beginning, plan carefully.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
