Explore Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.

In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment.

Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

Everything is alive... Everything is interconnected.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to virtue, and dishonorable actions to vice; and only a madman would conclude that these judgments are matters of opinion, and not fixed by nature.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.

We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.

Life is short, but art lives forever.

The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.