Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”

“No sane man will dance.”

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

“I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.”

“Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.”

“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.”

“Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.”

“Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.”

“Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.”

“Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.”