1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.

Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. [Lat., Ergo hoc proprium est animi bene constituti, et laetari bonis rebus, et dolere contrariis.]

The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth.

For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.