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
prepare rather
Let us not go over the old ground, let us rather prepare for what is to come
himself self
He himself said it, and this self was Pythagoras.
folly prefer wisdom
I prefer the wisdom of the unlearned to the folly of the loquacious
men plato rather swear truth wrong
I swear I would rather be wrong with Plato than see the truth with men like these.
raise storm
He used to raise a storm in a teapot.
family orator
One orator in a family, nay even in a city, is enough
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.
born happy
O fortunatam natam me consule Romam! - O happy Rome, born when I was consul!
law people ultimate welfare
The welfare of the people is the ultimate law
changing consistency
No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.
build house ornament owner precept
My precept to all who build is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner
dark fair foul men minds serene weather
The minds of men do in the weather share, dark or serene as it's foul or fair
himself man mind
The mind of each man is the man himself
actual evil example harm
They do more harm by their evil example than by their actual sin.