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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To live is to think
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it
There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others
The more laws, the less justice
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living
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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