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
cute dog waiting
Dogs wait for us faithfully.
freedom liberty tyranny
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
trust trust-no-one salt
Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
eye mind faces
The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
children teaching science
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
friendship tests reliability
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
education science mind
A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
wisdom democracy politics
Freedom is participation in power.
believe gains action
What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.
truth fire sparks
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
philosophical slavery
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
philosophy philosophical cohabitation
Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.
men members commonwealth
We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.
philosophical law customs
The best interpreter of the law is custom.