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

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Men, Firsts

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Philosophical, Thinking

By doubting we come at truth.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Life, Truth, Doubt

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wise, Truth, Lying
"Academici". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book IV, Chapter 21), translated, 45 BC.

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Fire, Sparks

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Lying, Mind

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Writing, Law
De Oratore. It is more important that these maxims be observed by U.S. intelligence analysts than by historians.

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Motivational, Friendship, Truth

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Passion, Science

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Philosophical, Mind

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Self, Would Be

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Philosophical, Imitation

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Lying, Littles
"Oratio Pro Quinto Roscio Comœdo" by Cicero, XX,

Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to virtue, and dishonorable actions to vice; and only a madman would conclude that these judgments are matters of opinion, and not fixed by nature.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Lying, Honor

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Inspirational, Truth, Honesty

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Trust, Truth, Philosophical

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Falsehood

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
Life, Truth, Taken

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Men, Plot
Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.1050, Delphi Classics

Who does not know history's first law to be that an author must not dare to tell anything but the truth? And its second that he must make bold to tell the whole truth? That there must be no suggestion of partiality anywhere in his writings? Nor of malice?

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth, Writing, Law

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