About Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ər-oh, Classical Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the...
More quotations from Cicero
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
More quotations tagged with “vices”
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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