History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time... — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. [Lat., Mature fieri senem,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share