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
men knows know-how
O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
lame study results
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
life philosophical men
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
law umpires judging
The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
sweet memories philosophical
Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
money taken philosophical
Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
fear anxiety nobility
True nobility is exempt from fear.
philosophical law may
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
philosophical said should
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
money peace war
The sinews of war are infinite money.
philosophical law liberty
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
funny philosophical philosopher
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
positive philosophical excess
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
inspirational success confidence
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.