Marcus T. Cicero
112 quotations
Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.
There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
Thrift is of great revenue.
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
It is better to receive than to do injury.
Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.
Virtue is its own reward.
The sinews of war, a limitless supply of money.
There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.
A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
A sensual and intemperate youth translates into an old worn-out body.
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.