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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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
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
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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