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 shadow virtue
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
philosophical speech brevity-of-life
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
best-friend philosophical sake
For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.
philosophical people income
Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
life military glory
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
courage philosophical heart
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
friendship best-friend men
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
philosophical tears trouble
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
fall flower roots
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
army honor useless
Ability without honor is useless.
baby children men
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
inspirational divine-inspiration portions
No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
philosophical silence denial
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
education teacher teaching
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?