When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The man who is always fortunate cannot easily have a great reverence for virtue. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced. — Marcus Tullius Cicero