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
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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.
fortune tests
The shifts of fortune tests the reliability of friends
athens law rome true
The law in Athens is true in Rome
aspire disgrace highest stop
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
directed good government ought receive trust
The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust
command conduct forbid function law natural whose
Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing
given life memory nature spent
The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a life well spent is eternal.
foolish hair less sorrow tear though
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.
economic fit great impact stays
The great thing is that the economic impact stays here and in the state, ... We think Lafayette's a great alternative and a great fit for this year.
consists happy life
A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.
brave considers courage evil greatest highest pain pleasure temperate
No one can be brave who considers pain to be the greatest evil in life, or can they be temperate who considers pleasure to be the highest good.
economy economy-and-economics great men realize revenue
Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is