1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

The works of nature must all be accounted good.

They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever.

Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed .

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

Before beginning, prepare carefully.