Marcus Tullius Cicero
Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.Collection: Time
Genius is fostered by industry.Collection: Genius
It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.Collection: Curiosity
A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not seen before, he calls it a prodigy.Collection: Men
The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth.Collection: Pride
When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.Collection: Character
Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf.Collection: Grief
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.Collection: Summer
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.Collection: Law
The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.Collection: Home
The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.Collection: Character
By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.Collection: Plato
Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word.Collection: Apollo
It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.Collection: Young Friends
Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.Collection: Writing
The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.Collection: Good Intentions
The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.Collection: Comfort
Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.Collection: Weather
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?Collection: Men
Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.Collection: Men
Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.Collection: Memories
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.Collection: Life
It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.Collection: Remember
A true friend is a sort of second self.Collection: Friends
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.Collection: Giving
I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.Collection: Death
It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.Collection: Mistake
Laws are inoperative in warCollection: Military
He who suffers, remembers.Collection: Suffering
Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.Collection: Exercise
Reason should direct, and appetite obey.Collection: Discipline
The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.Collection: Men
We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.Collection: Foolish
Freedom is participation in power.Collection: Wisdom
He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.Collection: Truth
Judge not by the number, but by the weight.Collection: Numbers
While the sick man has life, there is hope.Collection: Hope
No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year.Collection: Thinking
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.Collection: Men
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.Collection: Men
The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.Collection: Death
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.Collection: Men
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.Collection: Time
Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.Collection: Mistake
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.Collection: History Of Life
The great theatre for virtue is conscience.Collection: Theatre
Tomorrow will give us something to think aboutCollection: Thinking