English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "It is our own evil thoughts which madden us."

It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living. Fay Godwin
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. Miguel de Cervantes
On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and so obscure, and hardly dates back any farther than to the beginning of Impressionism. Robert Delaunay
I've chosen not to live in Hollywood, and instead I live in Brooklyn, New York. It's how I like to live. I'd rather hang out with my kids and family when I'm not working. Going to premieres is not my idea of a fun night out. Jennifer Connelly
All she had to do was make the simplest of gestures - open her hands and let go her hold. She lifted one hand and moved the fingers of it; they responded, in surprise and obedience, and this obedience of a thousand little unsuspected muscles was in itself a miracle. Why ask for more? Simone de Beauvoir
One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while. Mark Spitz
Pat Sajak quote: "I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free..."
I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants. Pat Sajak
Lenny Bruce quote: "If you can take the hot lead enema, then you can cast the..."
If you can take the hot lead enema, then you can cast the first stone. Lenny Bruce
If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal. Helen Fielding
William Butler Yeats quote: "But he heard high up in the air. A piper piping away, And..."
But he heard high up in the air. A piper piping away, And never was piping so sad, And never was piping so gay. William Butler Yeats
Rick Springfield quote: "I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough."
I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough. Rick Springfield
You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think. Tom Robbins
J. Robert Oppenheimer quote: "In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most..."
In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days. J. Robert Oppenheimer
I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in those years, but because it was the event of my generation and I started out covering it so I stayed with it. Neil Sheehan
...all his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil-paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved. Truman Capote