--- title: "8 Fixed Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero" description: "8 Fixed quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Plus more from Marcus Tullius Cicero and more Fixed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_admission_for-until-that-god-who-rules-all-the-reg_617297.jpg" --- > [. . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/for-until-that-god-who-rules-all-the-region-of-the-sky-has-freed-you/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_admission_for-until-that-god-who-rules-all-the-reg_617297.jpg) > [Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nature-has-lent-us-life-at-interest-like-money-and-has-fixed-no-day/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_fixed_nature-has-lent-us-life-at-interest-like_798170.jpg) > [While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/while-all-other-things-are-uncertain-evanescent-and-ephemeral-virtue/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_character_while-all-other-things-are-uncertain-eva_1083540.jpg) > [Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/since-an-intelligence-common-to-us-all-makes-things-known-to-us-and/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_action_since-an-intelligence-common-to-us-all-m_1621880.jpg) > [Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/enjoy-the-blessing-of-strength-while-you-have-it-and-do-not-bewail-it/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_age_enjoy-the-blessing-of-strength-while-you_2272770.jpg) > [Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nothing-stands-out-so-conspicuously-or-remains-so-firmly-fixed-in-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_fixed_nothing-stands-out-so-conspicuously-or-r_2790883.jpg) > [Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/some-men-make-a-womanish-complaint-that-it-is-a-great-misfortune-to/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c06/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_asks_some-men-make-a-womanish-complaint-that_2951010.jpg) > [I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/i-never-heard-of-an-old-man-forgetting-where-he-had-buried-his-money/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_buried_i-never-heard-of-an-old-man-forgetting-w_3043045.jpg) ## Other authors on Fixed ## More by Marcus Tullius Cicero > [Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/laughing-laughing-laughing-laughing-it-is-the-jester-a-voice-from-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/this-is-a-proof-of-a-well-trained-mind-to-rejoice-in-what-is-good-and/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/let-art-then-imitate-nature-find-what-she-desires-and-follow-as-she/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/gratitude-is-not-only-the-greatest-of-virtues-but-the-parent-of-all/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. \[Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/things-sacred-should-not-only-be-touched-with-the-hands-but/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/grief-is-not-in-the-nature-of-things-but-in-opinion/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/physicians-when-the-cause-of-disease-is-discovered-consider-that-the/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nihil-est-incertius-vulgo-nihil-obscurius-voluntate-hominum-nihil/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-foundations-of-justice-are-that-on-one-shall-suffer-wrong-then/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [“The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-life-of-the-dead-is-set-in-the-memory-of-the-living/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Pardon is granted to necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/pardon-is-granted-to-necessity/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/friendship-embraces-innumerable-ends-turn-where-you-will-it-is-ever/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/history-is-the-witness-of-the-times-the-light-of-truth-the-life-of/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what power they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-jews-belong-to-a-dark-and-repulsive-force-one-knows-how-numerous/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nature-has-planted-in-our-minds-an-insatiable-longing-to-see-the-truth/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fixed/marcus-tullius-cicero/#itemlist", "name": "8 Fixed Quotes By Marcus Tullius Cicero", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": ". . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from the fetters of your body, you cannot gain admission here. 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