“The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.” Marcus Tullius Cicero KnowledgeUniverse
“For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.” Marcus Tullius Cicero NatureTruth
“Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Death
“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Learn
“The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.” Marcus Tullius Cicero Time
“Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.” Marcus Tullius Cicero CharacterNature
“Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.” Marcus Tullius Cicero HateTrust
