1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Those who do not know history will forever remain children.

Freedom is a man’s natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

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

Man was born for two things – thinking and acting.

To give and receive advice – the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation – is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.

In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful.

Who doesn’t know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men.

This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn’t show its age.