1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight.

I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]

O fortunatam natam me consule Romam! - O happy Rome, born when I was consul!

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

Philosophy is the true mother of science.

A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy.

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]

No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.