Study Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

10 Study quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Cicero’s words on study echo the importance of eloquence and disciplined thought in public life. These ten passages give a concise glimpse of his advocacy for learned citizenship.

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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

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If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.

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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

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We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

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There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

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These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity;…

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These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of…

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These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity;…

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Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our…

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This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

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“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

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Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

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Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.

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Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than…

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