They condemn what they do not understand. Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes From Marcus Tullius Cicero Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. Marcus Tullius Cicero oratorypersuasionphilosophical Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you. Marcus Tullius Cicero hurtenemy The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret -- that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Marcus Tullius Cicero laughterheartfriendship The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong Marcus Tullius Cicero causesseriouslaw I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. Marcus Tullius Cicero powerfulwisewitty You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero friendsrealcircumstances Those who do not know history will forever remain children Marcus Tullius Cicero knowsforeverchildren The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action. Marcus Tullius Cicero passiontruthscience To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero housegivingbook Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. Marcus Tullius Cicero brevity-of-lifephilosophicalspeech While the sick man has life, there is hope. Marcus Tullius Cicero sickhopemen This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power. Marcus Tullius Cicero justiceinspirationalgiving It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger. Marcus Tullius Cicero faithfulrealfire Extreme justice is extreme injustice. Marcus Tullius Cicero politicalprisonjustice A thankful heart is the greatest virtue. Marcus Tullius Cicero greatest-lovethankfulnessheart What is permissible is not always honorable. Marcus Tullius Cicero honorable A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues. Marcus Tullius Cicero thanksgivingthankfulthank-you What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Marcus Tullius Cicero teachingeducationteacher Be a pattern to others and then all will go well. Marcus Tullius Cicero supervisionpatternswells You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself. Marcus Tullius Cicero good-lifeinspirationalwar
