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
world riches frugality
The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality.
thinking names spain
Come now: Do we really think that the gods are everywhere called by the same names by which they are addressed by us? But the gods have as many names as there are languages among humans. For it is not with the gods as with you: you are Velleius wherever you go, but Vulcan is not Vulcan in Italy and in Africa and in Spain.
men expression use
Can you also, Lucullus, affirm that there is any power united with wisdom and prudence which has made, or, to use your own expression, manufactured man? What sort of a manufacture is that? Where is it exercised? when? why? how?
favour gang refrain
That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!
stupidity lust cowardice
For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly?
society manners
What times! What manners!
wisdom passion way
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.
lying men good-man
A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.
relaxation noble regulation
The illustrious and noble ought to place before them certain rules and regulations, not less for their hours of leisure and relaxation than for those of business.
rocks doctrine tempest
Everyone cleaves to the doctrine he has happened upon, as to a rock against which he has been thrown by tempest.
ancient force forces-of-nature
An ancient custom obtains force of nature.
law may doe
If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway.
freedom recovery splendid
The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.
events certain
Certain signs precede certain events.