Truth Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Falsehoods border on truths.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Through doubt we arrive at the truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time is the herald of truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

By doubting we come at truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

...the counsels of the Divine Mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Who does not know history's first law to be that an author must not dare to tell anything but the truth? And…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero