Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes About Passion

Quotes about: Passion

• Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Wisdom, Passion, Way

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1853). “The Academic Questions, Treatise de Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of Marcus Tullius Cicero: With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero”, p.114

• But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Love, Passion, Affection

  "De Officiis".

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

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Book, Passion, Beer

• In fact the whole passion ordinarily termed love (and heaven help me if I can think of any other term to apply to it) is of such exceeding triviality that I see nothing that I think comparable with it.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Love, Passion, Thinking

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1966). “Cicero”

• The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Truth, Passion, Science

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