Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul, and constitutionalist.
We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her. Marcus Tullius Cicero
We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error Marcus Tullius Cicero
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. Marcus Tullius Cicero
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. Marcus Tullius Cicero
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Virtue is its own reward. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Virtue is its own reward.
That which stands first, and is most to be desired by all happy, honest and healthy-minded men, is dignified leisure. Marcus Tullius Cicero
That which stands first, and is most to be desired by all happy, honest and healthy-minded men, is dignified leisure.
To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches. Marcus Tullius Cicero
To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
As for me, I cease not to advocate peace. It may be on unjust terms, but even so it is more expedient than the justest of civil wars. Marcus Tullius Cicero
As for me, I cease not to advocate peace. It may be on unjust terms, but even so it is more expedient than the justest of civil wars.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. Marcus Tullius Cicero
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff. Marcus Tullius Cicero
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.