Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politician, Philosopher, Orator

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher known for his contributions to rhetoric and political theory.

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Born
January 1, 0106
Died
December 7, 2043
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#220

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"Judge not by the number, but by the weight."

Numbers Judging Quality
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"After victory, you have more enemies."

War Enemy Victory
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"History is the teacher of life"

Teacher
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"The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander."

Leadership Character Past
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"Tomorrow will give us something to think about"

Thinking Giving Tomorrow
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"We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man."

Men Quality Dignity
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"Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense."

May Advantage Expenses
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"We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us."

Country Real Share
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"Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted."

Ignorance Matter Ashamed
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"If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure."

Work Soul Age
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"Falsehoods border on truths."

Borders Falsehood
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"Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods and evils."

Life Philosophy Home
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"Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God"

Religious Ideas Mind
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"To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business."

Business Justice Age
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"Ill gotten gains will be ill spent."

Gains Morality Ill
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"It is pleasant to recall past troubles."

Past Trouble Pleasant
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"No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear."

Strong Weight Enough
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"He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing."

Reading Garden Library
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"No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power."

Democracy Novelty Tempest
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