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
teacher memories light
History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.
teacher fear teaching
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
education teacher ignorance
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
teacher citizens duty
It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.
teacher
History is the teacher of life
teacher wish atheism
In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.
education teacher letters
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
education teacher teaching
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
inspirational education teacher
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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.