Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicerowas a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul, and constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and was one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionStatesman
yield giving mind
As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.
men quality dignity
We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.
men long 50th-birthday
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. [Lat., Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esses senex.]
men age weak-points
That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.
age hunger-and-thirst proportion
I am much beholden to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation in proportion as it has lessened my appetites of hunger and thirst.
age my-own short-time
For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.
weather advice pilots
Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.
superstitions
Religion is not removed by removing superstition.
men dancing senses
No man in his senses will dance.
mother cheer laughter
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother. Thank you for my laughter. Thank you for my friend.
mother night punishment
But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?
heart heartache virtue
A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
lasts doe extinction
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
nature victory haughty
Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.