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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.

“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

All Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature

“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Death

“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wisdom

“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Good

“Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Freedom

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Courage

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Health

“No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“A friend is, as it were, a second self.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship

“Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Freedom

“Hatred is settled anger.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Anger

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gardening

“It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men

“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Knowledge

“That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Change

“The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Friendship

“Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wisdom

“People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great