Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes About Study

Quotes about: Study

• If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Work, Soul, Age

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate”, p.239

• Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Study, Shame

• We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Wise, Clever, Carpe Diem

• The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Men, Personal Growth

• Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Life, Home, Adversity

• These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Country, Adversity, Home

• To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Philosophy, Self, Study

  "R.I.P.: Washington Phillips" by Lee Matalone, therumpus.net. June 9, 2015.

• The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Lame, Study, Results

  Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero (2006). “De Officiis Or on Duties on Obligations”, p.120, ReadHowYouWant.com

• There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Nature, Men, Study

• These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Adversity, Home, Night

  "Oratio Pro Licinio Archia", VII, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 757,

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