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
writing law history
Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.
happiness men order
I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.
happiness unhappy disposition
A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy.
happiness wise world
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.
freedom threat freeman
To freemen, threats are impotent.
family children ties
The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.
education republic youth
"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"
death country immortality
No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.
best-friend cute-friendship men
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
inspirational men personal-growth
The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.
time moral
O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!
time reality men
Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.
evil evil-thoughts madden
It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
sight mind wonder
The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.