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
art men blood
All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union, and are connected, if I may be allowed to say so, by blood-relationship with one another.
memories philosophical intriguing
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
law injustice strict-laws
Strict law is often great injustice.
memories past trouble
The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]
inspirational life memories
The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
justice injustice prison
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
selfishness virtue difficult
It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.
truth philosophical thinking
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
inspirational education teacher
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
love life family
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
inspirational life faith
A man of courage is also full of faith.
thank-you children book
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
life hope latin
While there's life, there's hope.
opinion glory
I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.