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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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
To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless
No man was ever great without divine inspiration
He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander
Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it
The beginnings of all things are small
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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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