1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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.

Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to virtue, and dishonorable actions to vice; and only a madman would conclude that these judgments are matters of opinion, and not fixed by nature.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.

In times of war, the law falls silent.

O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!

It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.

Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.