Time Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

In times of war, the law falls silent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In time of war the laws are silent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Laws are silent in time of war.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time is the herald of truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is not a moment without some duty.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no moment without some duty.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The hours pass and the days and the months and the years, and the past time never returns.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“In times of war, the law falls silent. Silent enim leges inter arma ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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

Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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

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

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

It is easy to distinguish between the joking that reflects good breeding and that which is coarse-the one, if aired at an…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“For other forms of relaxation are not so universally suited to all ages, times, and places; but these studies [of literature] sustain…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time?…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable?…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time...

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero