Inspirational Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero Download Open image “There were poets before Homer.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Love Poet Poetry
The first glimpse that we have of the notions which the Greeks possessed of the shape and the inhabitants of the earth is afforded… — Joseph Jacobs Copy Share Image
Do you remember any great poet that ever illustrated the higher fields of humanity that did not dignify the use of wine from Homer… — James A. McDougall Copy Share Image
Homer must have felt this pressure to come up with an epic poem that would sound totally new to an audience that had loved… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“The oldest written poem was by the Greek, Homer. His poem, The Iliad, tells the story of the siege of Troy, a story of… — Terry Deary Copy Share Image
For even they who compose treatises of medicine or natural philosophy in verse are denominated Poets: yet Homer and Empedocles have nothing in common… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet. — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“Why does Homer give us descriptions so much more vivid than all the poets. Because he sees so much more around him. We speak… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The Bible, Homer, Shakespeare.... The Bible before the Iliad, the Iliad before Shakespeare. — Victor Hugo 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
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
