Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes About Study
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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.
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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.
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We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.
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If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.
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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.
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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
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There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
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The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.
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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.
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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