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
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It was so hard not being able to run. Doctors told me to take it easy and that I might not be able to run ever again. I was miserable. I couldn't focus on any other part of my life. I realized how much running meant to me,
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The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own, ... You can't clear your own fields while you're counting the rocks on your neighbor's farm.
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It's an exciting concept and we hope it will become a buzz of any town large or small.
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There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace.
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There is no opinion so absurd that some philosopher will not express it
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We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory
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We're quite certain that is all behind them.
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The contract they sent over called for a 76 percent price increase.
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It is a great thing to know our vices.
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We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free
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We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free
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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.