Quotes from Cicero
Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods.
- Cicero
We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.
- Cicero
Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.
- Cicero
Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge
- Cicero
Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.
- Cicero
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
- Cicero
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
- Cicero
A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
- Cicero
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
- Cicero
There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.
- Cicero
For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
- Cicero
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.
- Cicero