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
yield togas arms
Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.
doubt imitation advantage
In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.
thinking giving tomorrow
Tomorrow will give us something to think about
law rights people
For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.
handsome bulls kidnapped
I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.
political investing public-opinion
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)
believe rome investing
If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carried on here at Rome in the Forum, is inextricably bound up with the revenues of the Asiatic province. If Those revenues are destroyed, our whole system of credit will come down with a crash.
pain absence pleasure
What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.
free-thought our-thoughts
Our thoughts are free.
superstitions destroying
We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.
law arms mute
Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
punishment limits retribution
There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.
water wickedness stains
Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]
war endless form
Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]