Cicero's most famous sayings
The top 3 according to 32 votes from people: In times of war, the laws fall silent. · O the times, O the customs! · The height of law is the height of injustice.. (Updated May 6, 2019.)
From 'O tempora, o mores!' to 'If you have a garden and a library': the Roman orator's lines that are still alive, with the Latin original and the work each comes from.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 13
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In times of war, the laws fall silent.
Silent enim leges inter arma. Pro Milone.
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O the times, O the customs!
O tempora, o mores! First Catilinarian.
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The height of law is the height of injustice.
Summum ius, summa iniuria. On Duties, I.
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How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?
Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? First Catilinarian.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit. Letter to Varro.
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There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not said it.
On Divination, II.
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Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.
Salus populi suprema lex esto. On the Laws, III.
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Fortune is blind.
Fortuna caeca est. On Friendship.
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Wherever one is well off, there is one's homeland.
Patria est, ubicumque est bene. Tusculan Disputations, V.
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History is the teacher of life.
Historia magistra vitae. On the Orator, II.
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We are not born for ourselves alone.
Non nobis solum nati sumus. On Duties, I.
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The face is the image of the soul, and the eyes its informers.
Imago animi vultus est, indices oculi. On the Orator, III.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Pro Plancio.
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Let arms yield to the toga.
Cedant arma togae. On Duties, I.
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Lo del jardín y la biblioteca lo tengo en una lámina en casa, es mi lema