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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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When they hold their tongues they cry out.
Our country is the common parent of all.
Endless money forms the sinews of war.
So long as there is life in the sick man, it is said that there is hope.
It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.
For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price: she is sought, therefore, for her own sake.
Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.
At whose sight, like the sun,
There is nothing so ridiculous but some philosopher has said it.
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.
Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.
I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home.
I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn.
Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.
Whoever gives his labor for money sells himself and puts himself in the rank of slaves.
No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year.
Perfection and finish of the highest kind is very hard to attain.
Where is there dignity unless there is also honesty?
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