Marcus Tullius Cicero
30 quotes.
Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- A man's own manner and character is what best becomes him.
- Any man may make a mistake, but none but a fool will continue in it.
- As long as I breathe, I hope.
- Before beginning, plan carefully.
- Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
- Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill.
- Cultivation is as necessary to the mind as food to the body.
- Friends are proved by adversity.
- Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
- He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.
- I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.
- If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.
- In nothing do men approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.
- It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.
- It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.
- Life without learning is death.
- Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
- Men know not how great a revenue frugality is.
- Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.
- More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.
- Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.
- The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
- The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
- The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
- There is not a moment without some duty.
- To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.
- True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
- We are not born for ourselves alone.
- We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.
- While there is life there is hope.