Explore Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.