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
death home inns
I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home. [Lat., Ex vita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanquam ex domo.]
death meditation philosopher
The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.
death men complaining
Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time? Is it that of Nature? But she, indeed, has lent us life, as we do a sum of money, only no certain day is fixed for payment. What reason then to complain if she demands it at pleasure, since it was on this condition that you received it.
death men glory
Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.
errors one-day eternity
For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error.
foolish danger should
We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.
beauty beautiful eye
I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.
expectations anticipation please
Nothing is so great an adversary to those who make it their business to please as expectation.
slavery might resistance
When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.
thinking world arrogant
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.]
hands religion sacred
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione quidem violari fas fuit.]
religion holiness piety
Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]
religion worship pious
Religion is the pious worship of God.
latin war rome
Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).