1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

O, tempora! O, mores!

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. – Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit.

Dum spiro, spero.

Man’s best support is a very dear friend.

I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

It is a true saying that ‘one falsehood easily leads to another.’

Should this my firm persuasion of the soul’s immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.

For every man’s nature is concealed with many folds of disguise, and covered as it were with various veils. His brows, his eyes, and very often his countenance, are deceitful, and his speech is most commonly a lie.