Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Weak, Cause, Orators

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

True, Nothing, False

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Walk, Higher, Humbly

True nobility is exempt from fear.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Fear, True, Nobility

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Forget, Remember, Sufferings

Whatever you do, do with all your might.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Whatever, Might

A letter does not blush.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Best, Whether, Speech

Empire and liberty.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Liberty, Empire

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Fear, Teacher, Duty

Hatred is inveterate anger.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Anger, Hatred, Inveterate

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing, Free, Sometimes

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Passion, Reason, Employs

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Creation, Fault, Finding

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Another, Fortune, Admire

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men, Live, Wish

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Liberal, Doubtful, Preferred

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education, Often, Natural

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature, Truth, Minds

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Impossible, Obligation, Binding

One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Soul, Actually, Individual

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great, Understand, Economy

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Love, Wisdom, Philosophy

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Trust, Truth, Wise

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Statesman

Born: 106 BC

Died: 43 BC

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