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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Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says
Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger
What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered
Economy is a great revenue
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all
He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master who should be slave
He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie
The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices
Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
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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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