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
mother philosophy
Philosophy is the true mother of science.
fixing use granted
Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.
body spirit action
Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.
heart men mind
An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.
religious philosopher rational
As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.
law dumb arms
Laws are dumb in the midst of arms.
powerful age littles
Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.
war fall law
In times of war, the law falls silent.
mean ill-will skills
Now in regard to trades and other means of livelihood, which ones are to be considered becoming to a gentleman and which ones are vulgar, we have been taught, in general, as follows. First, those means of livelihood are rejected as undesirable which incur people's ill-will, as those of tax-gatherers and usurers. Unbecoming to a gentleman, too, and vulgar are the means of livelihood of all hired workmen whom we pay for mere manual labour, not for artistic skill; for in their case the very wage they receive is a pledge of their slavery.
want sometimes
Sometimes I do what I want to. The rest of the time- I do what I have to.
sun world robbing
Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.
real real-friends self
The real friend is another self.
children doe
What society does to its children, so will its children do to society.
memories reality history-of-life
History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life