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
grow guided man whom
Give me a young man in whom there is some- thing of the old, and an old man with something of the young: guided so, a man may grow old in body, but never in mind.
destroy hands man sometime
There is nothing done by the hands of man which sometime or other time does not destroy
man year
No man is so old as to think he can't live one more year
desire glory inspired keen man motivated
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory
ability add education glory man natural raised rational
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
administer attempts careful habits malady man physical remedy wishes
A careful physician, before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.
himself man mind
The mind of each man is the man himself
thinking men he-man
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?
men every-man
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
character men manners
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
men innocent-man guilt
An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.
men good-man should
I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.
society manners
What times! What manners!
lying men good-man
A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.