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
delightful
There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace.
absurd express opinion
There is no opinion so absurd that some philosopher will not express it
behind certain quite
We're quite certain that is all behind them.
desire glory inspired keen man motivated
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory
buy changed entire name town
We're serious. This isn't a joke, ... If an entire town changed its name to DISH, you can't buy that publicity.
himself self
He himself said it, and this self was Pythagoras.
death memories grieving
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
poetic-license poetry poetic
The freedom of poetic license.
forbidden accounts
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
coats shabby
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
handsome bulls kidnapped
I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.
bondage free law order
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free
proceeds reputation
Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.