Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Fear Quotes, God Quotes

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Laws are inoperative in war

Laws are inoperative in war

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.