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
memories
Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge
respect men order
The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men
good-life men worry
Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.
kindness grateful acknowledge
He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.
power men causes
Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.
truth falsehood
It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'
eye mirrors mind
All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.
country home adversity
These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.
men mind inconsistency
No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds.
dance dancing sober
No sober person dances.
guilt deeds committed
Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.
country book adversity
Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; companions by night, in traveling, in the country.
cooking mind drink
We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.
men healthy wish
A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.