Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth. Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero More Quotes From Marcus Tullius Cicero Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk. Marcus Tullius Cicero causespowermen It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves. Marcus Tullius Cicero selfishnessdifficultvirtue Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time? Is it that of Nature? But she, indeed, has lent us life, as we do a sum of money, only no certain day is fixed for payment. What reason then to complain if she demands it at pleasure, since it was on this condition that you received it. Marcus Tullius Cicero demandmendeath History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth. Marcus Tullius Cicero witnesslighthistory In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body. Marcus Tullius Cicero strongerbodymind To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory. Marcus Tullius Cicero sweetnessteachvictory Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him. Marcus Tullius Cicero salttrust-no-onetrust The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. Marcus Tullius Cicero inspirational-sportsdeterminationfootball The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. Marcus Tullius Cicero portraitseyesoul There is nothing which God cannot do. Marcus Tullius Cicero god When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero teachingsciencechildren The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. Marcus Tullius Cicero doemenlife We can more easily avenge an injury than requite a kindness; on this account, because there is less difficulty in getting the better of the wicked than in making one's self equal with the good. Marcus Tullius Cicero revengeselfkindness Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful. Marcus Tullius Cicero virtuousgrace Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered. Marcus Tullius Cicero libertarianlibertyfreedom We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means. Marcus Tullius Cicero shoulddoemean We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. Marcus Tullius Cicero writingmenbook The higher our position the more modestly we should behave. Marcus Tullius Cicero highershouldinspirational It is better to receive than to do injury. Marcus Tullius Cicero injury Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed. Marcus Tullius Cicero mankindfriendshipworld
