Death Quote 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.…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— 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;…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— 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…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— 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…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Pardon is granted to necessity.

— 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…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero