Cicero Quotes

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?Cicero, Orator, 46 BCBy way of 'Dictator' by Robert Harris, 2015

~ Cicero

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

~ Cicero

Old age especially an honoured old age has so great authority that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

~ Cicero

What one has one ought to use and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

~ Cicero

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

~ Cicero

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

~ Cicero

Certain signs precede certain events.

~ Cicero

When you have no basis for an argument abuse the plaintiff.

~ Cicero

We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

~ Cicero

If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place.

~ Cicero

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

~ Cicero

The precept Know yourself was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind but likewise that we might understand our own worth.

~ Cicero

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

~ Cicero

The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.

~ Cicero