1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.

I wonder that a soothsayer doesn't laugh whenever he sees another soothsayer.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

Nothing is so great an adversary to those who make it their business to please as expectation.