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 grief calluses
Work makes a callus against grief.
war way should
War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.
use virtue existence
The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.
wish virtue virtuous
Many wish not so much to be virtuous, as to seem to be.
i-can falsehood
Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.
revenue thrift
Thrift is a great revenue.
men income realizing
Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.
grief sorrow opinion
Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.
yield soldier civilians
Let the soldier yield to the civilian.
suicide world divinity
The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.
suffering remember
He who suffers, remembers.
sin
No one has leave to sin.
wish riches rich
He is rich who wishes no more than he has.
granted pardon
Pardon is granted to necessity.