1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds...

If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).

The spirit is the true self.

Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.