1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.