Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

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I am a Roman citizen.

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Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]

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To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.

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The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

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As you have sown so shall you reap.

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Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

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Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

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Time is the herald of truth.

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We make allowance for necessity.

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Like associates with like.

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It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

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A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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

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For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly?

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Friends are proved by adversity.

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We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

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