Creative Quotations from . . .
Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106BC-3BC) born on Jan 03
Roman "statesman, scholar, orator". "He introduced Greek philosophy to ancient Rome; wrote "De Republica.""
 
   
F
A room without books is like a body without a soul.

R
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
A
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
N
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
K
To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "From "Charades," an internet collection of quotations."
R: "In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."
A: ""De Divinatione," bk. 2, sct. 58."
N: "In "Instant Quotation Dictionary," by Donald O. Bolander, 1979."
K: "In "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations," ed. Jason Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988."



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