Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men, Nature, Time

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Children, Him, Gift

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life, Truth, True

Before beginning, plan carefully.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Before, Beginning, Plan

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Death, Human, State

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Others, Tear, Dried

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education, Conceit, Acquired

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtue, Shadow, Glory

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great, Admiration, Speaks

Hatred is settled anger.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Anger, Hatred, Settled

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Feared, Declared, Concealed

Honor is the reward of virtue.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Honor, Virtue, Reward

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Truth, Imitation, Copy

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Greatest, Pleasures, Closely

In time of war the laws are silent.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time, War, Silent

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Debt, Willing, Shows

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men, Justice, Giving

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Justice, Purpose, Constant

Like associates with like.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature abhors annihilation.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Himself, Poet, Believed

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marriage, Consensus

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing, Memory, Stands

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Age, Old, Youth

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Rather, Guilty, Leave

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Statesman

Born: 106 BC

Died: 43 BC

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