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.
prepare rather
Let us not go over the old ground, let us rather prepare for what is to come
himself self
He himself said it, and this self was Pythagoras.
folly prefer wisdom
I prefer the wisdom of the unlearned to the folly of the loquacious
men plato rather swear truth wrong
I swear I would rather be wrong with Plato than see the truth with men like these.
raise storm
He used to raise a storm in a teapot.
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.
death memories grieving
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
honorable
What is permissible is not always honorable.
fixing use granted
Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.