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
forbidden accounts
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
coats shabby
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
silent prudence folly
I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]
window-to-the-soul soul window
It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.
superstitions worship pious
There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him. [Lat., Superstitio, in qua inest inanis timor Dei; religio, quae dei pio cultu continetur.]
handsome bulls kidnapped
I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.
pleasant beneficial
Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.
riches today moral
Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.
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We analyzed information gathered from focus groups. From the feedback we received, the groups did not interpret the ads as vulgar.
bondage free law order
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free
proceeds reputation
Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.