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
soul body individual
One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees.
life-is-short space long
For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.
taken men suffering
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
evil stronger bud
Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.
dignity speak lows
They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.
men doe virtue
The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.
inspiration soul divine
There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.
men soul mind
The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man.
crush competition advancement
Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.
good-life value-yourself has-beens
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
fitness health exercise
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.
men thinking spirituality
The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.
men leisure doe
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
law may lawyer
We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.