Quotations: Cicero Flashcards
O tempora, O mores
Cicero - Oh the times! Oh the character!
Salus populī suprema lex esto
Cicero - The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law
Cedant arma togae (Wyoming)
Cicero - Let arms yield to the toga
Cui bono?
Cicero - For whose good? (i.e. Who benefits?)
Fortuna est caeca
Cicero - Fortune is blind
Historia vero testis temporum
Cicero - History is the truly the witness of the ages
Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit
Cicero - It is often not useful to know what will be
Nescire autem quid antea natus sis acciderit id est semper esse puerum
Cicero - To not know what happened before you were born is
to always be a child
Cum tacent, clamant
Cicero - When they are silent, they cry out
Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est
Cicero - Delay and procrastination are hateful
Patria est communis omnium parens
Cicero - The fatherland is the common parent of us all.
Ut sementem feceris ita metes
Cicero - As you sow, so shall you reap
Omnia praeclara rara
Cicero - All noteworthy things are rare
Legum servī sumus ut liberī esse possimus
Cicero - We are servants of the law so that we can be free
Trahimur omnes studio laudis
Cicero - We are all dragged by a desire for praise
