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
science philosopher absurd
There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.
philosopher absurd said
Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)
funny philosophical philosopher
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
philosopher absurd said
Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.
religious philosopher rational
As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.
writing signatures philosopher
How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.
death meditation philosopher
The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.
book names philosopher
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
attack basis personal speech
We must make a personal attack when there is no argumentative basis for our speech
consists decency giving justice
Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense.
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.
men plato rather swear truth wrong
I swear I would rather be wrong with Plato than see the truth with men like these.
build house ornament owner precept
My precept to all who build is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner
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We analyzed information gathered from focus groups. From the feedback we received, the groups did not interpret the ads as vulgar.