1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Many wish not so much to be virtuous, as to seem to be.

We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Come now: Do we really think that the gods are everywhere called by the same names by which they are addressed by us? But the gods have as many names as there are languages among humans. For it is not with the gods as with you: you are Velleius wherever you go, but Vulcan is not Vulcan in Italy and in Africa and in Spain.

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth.

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.