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
lying character challenges
Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.
character adversity men
It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.
leadership character past
The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.
character study shame
Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.
life short-life character
No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.
character men might
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
character race habit
Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.
character men manners
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
character men judging
When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.
character men fit
The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
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.
character men sea
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
character reflection dexterity
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
fortune tests
The shifts of fortune tests the reliability of friends