1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

To-morrow will give some food for thought.

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Taxes are the sinews of the state.

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him. [Lat., Superstitio, in qua inest inanis timor Dei; religio, quae dei pio cultu continetur.]

When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to imagine the snarling animal a friend and offer your hand, as Pompey does." "Perhaps you would have us climb a tree!

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.