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
work soul age
If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.
work men leisure
Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.
peace tranquility
Peace is freedom in tranquility.
country parent patriotism
Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.
patience names long
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?
money virtue frugality
Frugality includes all the other virtues.
marriage firsts matrimony
The First Bond of Society is Marriage.
life short-life character
No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.
life payment fixed
Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.
children knowledge born
Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.
knowledge men difficult
Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.
art teaching knowledge
Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.
hope impunity
The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
hope men sick
While the sick man has life, there is hope.