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.

Born
January 1, 0106
Died
December 7, 2043
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"What is more agreeable than one's home?"

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"Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge"

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"It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'"

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"What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things."

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"Hmm... That's like telling you about the cold of space, or terror of midnight. Sithis is all those things. He is... the Void."

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"But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?"

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"If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion."

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"To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die."

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"To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning."

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"Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]"

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"The human mind ever longs for occupation."

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"Our minds are rendered buoyant by exercise."

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"In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master."

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"For the laws are dumb in the midst of arms."

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"Work makes a callus against grief."

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"Pardon is granted to necessity."

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"Like readily consorts with like."

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"Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?"

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