Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

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

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

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

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

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

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

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Of all nature’s gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.