351 Total Quotes
Marcus+Tullius Cicero Quotes
In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to men.
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity.
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.
Wise men are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; the beasts, by nature.
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.