There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share
