1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

For the Stoics do not say that a god is involved with the divisions in a particular liver or particular bird calls (which would be unbefitting, and unworthy of a god, and could not possibly happen); rather, the world was shaped from the beginning in

No sober person dances.

He has departed, withdrawn, gone away, broken out.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; companions by night, in traveling, in the country.

He himself said it, and this self was Pythagoras.

What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.