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
doctors easy focus hard meant might realized run running
It was so hard not being able to run. Doctors told me to take it easy and that I might not be able to run ever again. I was miserable. I couldn't focus on any other part of my life. I realized how much running meant to me,
bondage free freedom law might
We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free
philosophical might
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
science perfection might
Mathematics is an obscure field, an abstruse science, complicated and exact; yet so many have attained perfection in it that we might conclude almost anyone who seriously applied himself would achieve a measure of success.
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.
sky might sun
You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.
slavery might resistance
When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.
pride might know-yourself
The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth.
men might criminals
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
fortune tests
The shifts of fortune tests the reliability of friends
experience injury knew running
The whole injury experience was so frustrating. I knew if I could get back I would never take running for granted,
born earlier events happened ignorant lifetime memory past stupidity unless woven
To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. For what is man's lifetime unless the memory of past events is woven with those of earlier times?
born earlier events happened ignorant life lifetime memory past unless woven
To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. For what is man's lifetime unless the memory of past events is woven with those of earlier times?
against proverbial stone stumble twice
To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.