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
philosophical innocence guilty
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
liars government thieves
Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.
war hero honor
Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.
moving-on broken-heart heartbreak
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
law serious causes
The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong
wise wisdom philosophical
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
race unions fellowship
We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.
friendship favors vices
Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.
knowledge justice may
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
eye soul portraits
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
inspirational patience philosophical
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
book giving house
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.
nature mistake philosophical
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
lying men giving
All men have a feeling, that they would rather you told them a civil lie than give them a point blank refusal.... If you make a promise, the thing is still uncertain, depends on a future day, and concerns but few people; but if you refuse you alienate people to a certainty and at once, and many people too.