In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances. — 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
The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Each part of life has its own pleasures. Each has its own abundant harvest, to be garnered in season. We may grow… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“I have the better right to indulgence herein, because my devotion to letters strengthens my oratorical powers, and these, such as they… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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 Image
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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 Image
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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 Image