1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it

It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.

We can more easily avenge an injury than requite a kindness; on this account, because there is less difficulty in getting the better of the wicked than in making one's self equal with the good.

A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.

What is becoming in behavior is honorable, and what is honorable is becoming

Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods and evils.

We think a happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.

We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.