Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated.
— 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 it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
He used to raise a storm in a teapot.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessings previously secured.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero      
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