1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions, and as far from speaking ill as from doing ill

Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]

I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.

A man has no enemy worse than himself.

The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.

For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.