The sinews of war, a limitless supply of money.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [War]

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Passion]

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Peace]

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Persuasion]

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Philosophers and Philosophy]

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Philosophers and Philosophy]

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Pity]

Before beginning, plan carefully.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Planning]

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Pleasure]

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Praise]

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Prudence]

Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Punishment]

Let reason govern desire.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Reason]

Reason should direct and appetite obey.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Reason]

To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Reputation]

As you have sown so shall you reap.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Results]

Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Justice]

The foundation of justice is good faith.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Justice]

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Knowledge]

The good of the people is the greatest law.
~ Marcus T. Cicero - [Law and Lawyers]