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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.

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men

All Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“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

“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Death

“Laws are silent in time of war.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time

“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Experience

“Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Death

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“The more laws, the less justice.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Legal

“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“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

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men

“Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great

“I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education

“Advice in old age is foolish for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Age

“In time of war the laws are silent.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men

“An unjust peace is better than a just war.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Peace

“This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Truth

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Power