1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Zoals de dwaasheid nooit tevreden is, zelfs niet als haar wensen worden vervuld, zo is de wijsheid steeds tevreden met wat voorhanden is, en heeft nooit onvrede met zichzelf.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.

Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.

Nemo est qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso: numquam labere, si te audies.(Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you'll never go wrong.)

When I notice how carefully arranged his hair is and when I watch him adjusting the parting with one finger, I cannot imagine that this man could conceive of such a wicked thing as to destroy the Roman constitution.

For he (Cato) gives his opinion as if he were in Plato's Republic, not in Romulus' cesspool.

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.