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
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.
age inhumanity
Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est
results reap
As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.