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
time thinking may
There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.
war philosophical may
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
philosophical law may
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
may
You may never be less alone than when you are alone.
may advantage expenses
Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense.
journey may absurd
What the object of senile avarice may be I cannot conceive. For can there be anything more absurd than to seek more journey money, the less there remains of the journey?
age may conditions
So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!
war may acquisition
Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]
mistake men may
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]
law people may
For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.
law may doe
If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway.
fall may limits
In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into immorality.
men thinking may
Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.
evil republic may
How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?