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
sound public-opinion influence
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
age old-age
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
age youth companion
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
action prudence conception
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
addresses introduction politeness
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
past danger recollection
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
should ability exceed
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
eye lovers difficult
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
borders falsehood
Falsehoods border on truths.
sin
Everyone has his besetting sin.
men every-man
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
animal animal-love
Every animal loves itself.
yield giving mind
As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.
men long 50th-birthday
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. [Lat., Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esses senex.]