1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong that money cannot take it by storm

Generosity should never exceed ability.

All men have a feeling, that they would rather you told them a civil lie than give them a point blank refusal.... If you make a promise, the thing is still uncertain, depends on a future day, and concerns but few people; but if you refuse you alienate people to a certainty and at once, and many people too.

Those things are better which are perfected by nature than those which are finished by art.

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. For what is man's lifetime unless the memory of past events is woven with those of earlier times?