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
judging gentleman desire
Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.
government administration guardianship
The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.
public-speaking speaking-in-public impassioned
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
inspiring rewards virtue
Virtue is its own reward.
association associates
Like associates with like.
karma punishment offense
Let the punishment match the offense.
health religion liberty
In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.
generosity should ability
Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.
agriculture tree fruit
The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.
lying character challenges
Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.
respect people pay
Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?
garden grace library
If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.
friendship absent-friends absent
Friends, though absent, are still present.
thinking tyrants democracy
This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows.