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
law justice giving
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
wise men opinion
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
ignorance matter ashamed
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.
eye lovers difficult
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
should ability exceed
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
addresses introduction politeness
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
action prudence conception
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
age youth companion
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
age old-age
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
sound public-opinion influence
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
law injustice strict-laws
Strict law is often great injustice.
summer lasts succeed
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
silly men age
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.
forbidden accounts
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.