--- title: "Best Inspirational Words by Marcus Tullius Cicero" description: "168 Inspirational quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Plus more from Marcus Tullius Cicero and more Inspirational sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_fear_superstition-is-an-unreasoning-fear-of-g_1305282.jpg" --- > [Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/superstition-is-an-unreasoning-fear-of-god/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_fear_superstition-is-an-unreasoning-fear-of-g_1305282.jpg) > [Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/vivere-est-cogitare-to-think-is-to-live/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_funny_vivere-est-cogitare-to-think-is-to-live_469013.jpg) > [To stumble twice against the same stone is a Proverbsial disgrace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/to-stumble-twice-against-the-same-stone-is-a-proverbsial-disgrace/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_disgrace_to-stumble-twice-against-the-same-stone_608630.jpg) > [Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/ye-immortal-gods-where-in-the-world-are-we/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_god_ye-immortal-gods-where-in-the-world-are_2681042.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_grief_grief-is-not-in-the-nature-of-things-but_13186.jpg) > [To-morrow will give some food for thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/to-morrow-will-give-some-food-for-thought/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_food_to-morrow-will-give-some-food-for-though_2556295.jpg) > [He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/he-removes-the-greatest-ornament-of-friendship-who-takes-away-from-it/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_dignity_he-removes-the-greatest-ornament-of-frie_1966833.jpg) > [The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-more-peculiarly-his-own-a-man-s-character-is-the-better-it-fits/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_character_the-more-peculiarly-his-own-a-man-s-char_2354517.jpg) ## Other authors on Inspirational - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-vikrant-parsai-70.jpg) Vikrant Parsai 1,302 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/vikrant-parsai/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 758 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 602 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/william-shakespeare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 580 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 477 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 473 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/amit-kalantri/) - [Timothy Pina 412 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/timothy-pina/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 411 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 387 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 376 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 338 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/albert-einstein/) - [Debasish Mridha 327 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/debasish-mridha/) ## 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/inspirational/marcus-tullius-cicero/#itemlist", "name": "Best Inspirational Words by Marcus Tullius Cicero", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marcus Tullius Cicero" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/superstition-is-an-unreasoning-fear-of-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_fear_superstition-is-an-unreasoning-fear-of-g_1305282.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_fear_superstition-is-an-unreasoning-fear-of-g_1305282.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_fear_superstition-is-an-unreasoning-fear-of-g_1305282.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Vivere est cogitare. 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