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
fixing use granted
Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.
philosopher absurd said
Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.
young-friends age duty
It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.
best-friend true-friend world
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
funny time men
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
revenge war unjust
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
funny philosophical philosopher
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
lame study results
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
imitation
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
letters doe blushing
A letter does not blush.
philosopher absurd said
Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)
best-friend cute-friendship men
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
rome land arrogance
The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
liars believe army
We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.