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 annoyed suffering
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.
men ignorant doe
A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not seen before, he calls it a prodigy.
men thinking may
Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.
errors fool persevere
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.
plato men errors
By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such men.
men grace mind
As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.
humble men delicacy
He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately.
men mind deceit
Dissimulation creeps gradually into the minds of men.
companionship old-proverb
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
children childhood foundation
The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.
change years evening
Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say a year hence, but this evening?
change longing
Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them.
change delight fortune
There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune.
house ancestry ancient
It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one.