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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He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave
He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie
The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices
Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself
There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you
Man is his own worst enemy
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy
To free men, threats are impotent
The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes
There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune
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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