Cicero
Statesman
Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, and writer active during the final decades of the Roman Republic. His speeches, letters, and philosophical works became central texts in Latin rhetoric and political thought.
Books by Cicero
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Speeches
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De officiis
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Cato maior de senectute
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Quotes by Cicero
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?Cicero, Orator, 46 BCBy way of 'Dictator' by Robert Harris, 2015
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?Cicero, Orator, 46 BCBy way of 'Dictator' by Robert Harris, 2015
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No man is so old as not to think he can live one year more.
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If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
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A room without books is a body without a soul.
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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.
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The beginnings of all things are small.
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We should measure affection, not like youngsters by the ardor of its passion, but by its strength and constancy.
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.
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What gift has Providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
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There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.
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I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.
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What is dignity without honesty?
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Through doubt we arrive at the truth.
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Economy is of itself a great revenue.
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Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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Our minds are rendered buoyant by exercise.
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Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
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