114 Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero

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This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on truth

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on truth

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

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on truth

An unjust peace is better than a just war.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on war

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on war

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

Laws are silent in time of war.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on war

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on war

In time of war the laws are silent.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on war

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on wisdom

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on wisdom

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on wisdom

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on wisdom