Marcus Tullius Cicero Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Cicero argues that the source of justice, truth, virtue, etc.—in a word, morality—is natural law. It is permanent and supreme, unalterable by man or…

— Mark R. Levin

“In time of war the law falls silent. —Marcus Tullius Cicero, 52 BC”

— Frederic C. Rich

“In this quest of knowledge ... there are two faults to be shunned—one, the taking of unknown things for known, and giving an assent…

— George Fillmore Swain

“No one dances while he is sober. Unless he happens to be a lunatic. -Cicero”

— Stacy Schiff

“of light and life, thou Good Supreme!           O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself!           Save me from folly, vanity, and vice,           From…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Pure, clean, void, tranquil, breathless, selfless, endless, undecaying, steadfast, eternal, unborn, independent, he abides in his own greatness,”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Philo of Larisa, head of the Academy in Athens....inspired Cicero with a passion for philosophy, and in particular for the theories of Skepticism, which…

— Anthony Everitt

“There was no noise, no effort, no consciences in anything he did, but in everything an indescribable lightness, a seeming impossibility of doing nothing…

— Charles Dickens

“When you are truly aligned with virtue, there is no sense of arrogance, righteousness, or superiority. When you are truly aligned with virtue, a…

— Chin-Ning Chu

“With its grace and carelessness, it seemed to annihilate a whole culture, a whole system of thought, as though [all] could be swept into…

— George Orwell

“In towering letters Cicero’s words were engraved over the library entrance. Who knows only his own generation remains always a child.”

— Linda Lafferty

“Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.” — Cicero”

— Cicero