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
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes about
children teaching science
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
eye mind faces
The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
trust trust-no-one salt
Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
freedom liberty tyranny
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
memories love-you heart
The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.
law may lawyer
We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
fitness health exercise
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.
good-life value-yourself has-beens
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
crush competition advancement
Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.
inspirational motivational health
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods, than in giving health to men.
eternity ageless gems
There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.
justice forever brotherhood
They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever.
dignity speak lows
They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.
evil stronger bud
Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.