Quotes from Marcus Tullius Cicero

Dac? ai o gr?din? ?i o bibliotec?, ai tot ce-?i trebuie.

the man to open his ears widest to flatterers is he who first flatters himself and is fondest of himself.

ait enim declinare atomum sine causa; quo nihil turpius physico, quam fieri quicquam sine causa dicere, — et

Il me semble que cette méditation anticipée des malheurs humains produit presque le même effet que la guérison obtenue avec le temps, sinon que, dans le premier cas, c'est le raisonnement qui guérit, et dans le second, la nature ; mais on comprend l'essentiel, à savoir que le mal tenu pour le plus grand de tous n'est jamais si grand qu'il puisse détruire la vie heureuse.

Cuando lo hombres renuncian voluntariamente a su libertad po su seguridad, pronto pierden incluso esa degradada seguridad

El cariño es muy traicionero. La justicia tiene sus exigencias, pero el cariño pugna por ella

Si la clase media sirve para algo es para trabajar y pagar impuestos, con los que podamos sobornar a la plebe de Roma y tenerla contenta y mantenerla dócil. Es cierto que los plebeyos de Roma son como animales, pero son muchos y necesitamos sus votos para alcanzar el poder. Que la clase media nos sirva hasta el final, porque los nuevos ciudadanos no piensan mas que en trabajo.

In omni disciplina informa est artis praeceptio sine summa assiduitate exercitationis.

the rational treatment of any subject ought to take its start from definition, that readers may understand what the author is writing about.

We may, I think, give the name of perfect duty to the absolute right, which the Greeks term ?????????;1 while contingent duty is what they call ????????.2 According to their definitions, what is right in itself is perfect duty; that for the doing of which a satisfactory reason can be given is a contingent

it is by no means surprising that though we are first commended to Wisdom by the primary natural instincts, afterwards Wisdom itself becomes dearer to us than are the instincts from which we came to her.

Die Menschen kommen durch nichts den Göttern näher, als wenn sie Menschen glücklich machen.

Optime autem societas hominum conjunctioque servabitur, si, ut quisque erit conjunctissimus, ita in eum benignitatis plurimum conferetur. (...) Homo, qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Quasi lumen de suo lumine accendat, facit Nihilo minus ipsi lucet, cum illi accenderit.

A wise man's life is all one preparation for death.

Nimium boni est, cui nihil est mali.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

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

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

It is like taking the sun out of the world, to bereave human life of friendship.

I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home. [Lat., Ex vita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanquam ex domo.]