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b. 106 BC
Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC), infrequently known by the anglicized name Tully in the Middle Ages and after, was a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
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Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
The young man should be praised, honored, and made immortal.
The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
Let a man practise the profession which he best knows.
A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.
Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods.
It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.
For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture.
De Officiis – On Duties (-44)
An ancient custom obtains force of nature.
Restore life then, Conscript Fathers, to him, from whom you have taken it away. The life of the dead is in the memory of the living.
Philippicae – Philippics (-44)
How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honourable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
O philosophy, life’s guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee?
We are not born for ourselves alone; a part of us is claimed by our nation, another part by our friends.
De Officiis – On Duties (-44)
Let your desires be ruled by reason.
De Officiis – On Duties (-44)
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