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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Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money
No one can give you better advice than yourself
Like associates with like
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law
Laws are silent in time of war
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need
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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."
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Essays