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
work said accomplished
For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
science men genius
Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy.
powerful voice judging
Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds...
stars science feet
No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.
time past years
The hours pass and the days and the months and the years, and the past time never returns.
writing learning science
Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.
taken heart joy
We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If good will and affection are taken away, every joy is taken from life.
superstitions
There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.
hate winning reality
Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as to be swayed by something resembling an impulse of the spirit impetu quodam animi or emotion perturbatione, rather than by judgment or deliberation. For men decide far more problems by hate, or love, or lust, or rage, or sorrow, or joy, or hope, or fear, or illusion, or some other inward emotion aliqua permotione mentis, than by reality or authority, or any legal standard, or judicial precedent or statute.
art memories philosophy
It is certain that memory contains not only philosophy, but all the arts and all that appertain to the use of life.
friends ties unity
There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.
citizens
I am a Roman citizen.
winning enjoy ifs
If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.
book names philosopher
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.