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
change men mind
No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. [Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]
calumny-is calumny
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated.
men brave soul
It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.
office giving judgment
The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.
men doing-good benevolence
Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.
mother luxury wish
If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]
mind disease avarice
When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.
book names world
The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.
age talkative old-age
Old age is by nature rather talkative.
punishment should
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
soil fertile
All soils are not fertile.
wise men doe
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
bed bachelors pleasant
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
peace war
War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]