Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Roman statesman and writer

Lived from: 106 - 43

Category: Politics | Writers (Contemporary)

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  • Ability without honor is useless.
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  • A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
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  • Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
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  • Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
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  • The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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  • They condemn what they do not understand.
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  • A community is like the ones who govern it.
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  • A friend is, as it were, a second self.
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  • A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
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  • A letter does not blush.
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  • A man of courage is also full of faith.
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  • A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
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  • A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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  • A sensual and intemperate youth translates into an old worn-out body.
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  • All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
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  • All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.
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  • As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
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  • As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
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  • As you have sown so shall you reap.
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  • Before beginning, plan carefully.
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Questions and Answers

What are the most famous quotes from Marcus Tullius Cicero?

The two most famous quotes from Marcus Tullius Cicero are:

  • "Ability without honor is useless."
  • "A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others."

When did Marcus Tullius Cicero live?

Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in 106 and died in the year 43.