114 Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero


Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on marriage

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on men

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on men

Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on men

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on men

Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on men

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on men

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on men

The sinews of war are infinite money.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on money

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on money

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on money

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature

Nature abhors annihilation.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on nature