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
inspirational should higher
The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
god superstitions
Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.
pain philosophical doubt
All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
real men feelings
Friendship is nothing else than entire fellow feeling as to all things human and divine with mutual good-will and affection; and I doubt whether anything better than this, wisdom alone excepted, has been given to man.
law justice liberty
More laws, less justice.
strong weight enough
No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear.
taken punishment care
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.
friendship sympathy mean
The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
gratitude people support
People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.... Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. Don't wait till freedom is gone before you enjoy, value, support, protect and make the most of it!
inspiration men ignorant
In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.
philosophical men errors
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
wish firsts wealth
It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.
true-friend politics no-true-friends
There are no true friends in politics.
honesty becoming honest
What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.