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Quotes by Cicero

Cicero

We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

Cicero

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

Cicero

To live long it is necessary to live slowly.

Cicero

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory.

Cicero

The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.

Cicero

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

Cicero

I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.

Cicero

Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.

Cicero

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Cicero

The precept Know yourself was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind but likewise that we might understand our own worth.

Cicero

There is something pleasurable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Cicero

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Cicero

He used to raise a storm in a teapot.

Cicero

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Cicero

Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

Cicero

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.

Cicero

The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.

Cicero

Oh what times! Oh what standards!

Cicero

Any man may make a mistake none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

Cicero

O temporal O mores! O what times! what morals!

Cicero