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Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher who is widely considered one of Rome's greatest speakers and prose stylists. His writings on politics, law, and philosophy deeply influenced the development of European languages and ideas about republican government.

“Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Age

All Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Power

“Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Money

“If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men

“I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Money

“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men

“In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Health

“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Fear

“The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Peace

“A man of courage is also full of faith.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Courage

“In time of war the laws are silent.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time

“Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Food

“Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

God

“Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men

“Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education

“Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Truth

“Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“Thrift is of great revenue.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“Hatred is inveterate anger.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Anger

“A home without books is a body without soul.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Home

“The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time