Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

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For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error.

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Time is the herald of truth.

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We make allowance for necessity.

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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

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Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

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Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]

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Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

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In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

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Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).

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I am much beholden to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation in proportion as it has lessened my appetites of hunger and thirst.

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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

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A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

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For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.

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By doubting we come at truth.

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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

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There are no true friends in politics.

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