Marcus Tullius Cicero
Ancient Rome
3 Jan -106 // 7 Dec -43
Politician/Orator/Philosopher
3 Jan -106 // 7 Dec -43
Politician/Orator/Philosopher
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability
Honor is the reward of virtue
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays