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
education teacher ignorance
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
clever men reputation
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
peace philosophical liberty
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
inspirational funny dance
No sane man will dance.
football inspirational-sports determination
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
love philosophical inspired
Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
freedom philosophical possession
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
greatest-love next
Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
latin law justice
More law, less justice.
revenge war unjust
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
forgiveness believe thinking
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
freedom philosophical men
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
funny time men
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
inspirational life motivational
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.