1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.

A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

To live long, live slowly.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.