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
life philosophy home
Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods and evils.
life home adversity
Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.
loyalty men heaven
If a man could mount to Heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had someone to share in his pleasure.
regret men use
If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.
men deceit deceiving
It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
statistics guides calculus
Probability is the very guide of life.
love passion affection
We should measure affection, not like youngsters by the ardor of its passion, but by its strength and constancy.
character men honor
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.
statistics ordinary belief
That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.
curiosity inquiry excellent
It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.
philosophy heart love-is
The science of love is the philosophy of the heart
men brotherhood
Nature has inclined us to love men.
fall enemy friend-enemy
Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.
men worst-enemy enemy
Man is his own worst enemy.