1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

A bachelor’s bed is the most pleasant.

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.

Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, ‘for friendship’s sake,’ is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.

For what I lack in experience I make up for in diligence.

What is more agreeable than one’s home?

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? – Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home.

Inhumanity is harmful in every age. – Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est.