1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"

Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.