“atque illi artifices corporis simulacra ignotis nota faciebant; quae uel si nulla, nihilo sint tamen obscuriores clari uiri.” LettersLatinCiceroAd Familiares Book:Letters of Cicero Source: Letters of Cicero
“It is useless to know what shall come to pass; it is a miserable thing to be tormented to no purpose.” FateProphecy Book:On the Nature of the Gods Source: On the Nature of the Gods
“Meanwhile, Milo had been in the Senate on that day until it was dismissed and then came home. He changed out of his formal clothes, waited for a little while his wife got herself ready--you all know how that goes-- and set out at the hour when Clodius, if he had been planning on coming back to Rome that day, would have returned.” JokeSexist Author:Cicero
“My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad which Nature makes inevitable.” Happiness Author:Cicero
“Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child. Cicero” EducationHistoryProspective Author:Cicero
“Quid? Quod eadem mente res dissimillimas comprehendimus, ut colorem saporem, calorem, odorem, sonum? Quae numquam quinque nuntiis animus cognosceret, nisi ad eum omnia referrentur et is omnium iudex solus esset.” Mind And Sense Author:Cicero