1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.

Can you also, Lucullus, affirm that there is any power united with wisdom and prudence which has made, or, to use your own expression, manufactured man? What sort of a manufacture is that? Where is it exercised? when? why? how?

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

Thrift is a great revenue.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.