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Famous Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
“The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.”
“Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.”
“A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.”
“Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.”
“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”
“Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.”
“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.”
“I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.”
“Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.”
“He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.”
“No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.”
“Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.”
“What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?”
“It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.”
“The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man.”
“The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.”
“We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.”
“Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.”
“In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.”