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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All places are filled with fools
There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften
Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent
He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures
If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries
Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation
Extreme justice is extreme injustice
Of evils one should choose the least
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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