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Famous Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.”
“The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.”
“Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?”
“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”
“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.”
“Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.”
“The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.”
“Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.”
“He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.”
“O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!”
“The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.”
“Man's best support is a very dear friend.”
“No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.”
“"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"”
“For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.”
“A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy.”
“I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.”
“Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.”
“The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.”
“Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.”
“Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.”
“Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.”
“Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.”
“No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.”
“Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.”
“Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.”