Marcus T. Cicero
112 quotations
Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine.
All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.
The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.
No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
Before beginning, plan carefully.
In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
Like associates with like.
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.
Reason should direct and appetite obey.
Let reason govern desire.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.
As you have sown so shall you reap.
In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.