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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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief
For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator
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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."
Essays
Essays