Quotations by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero rose remarkably to the top of the Roman political hierarchy, fell precipitously, went into exile because of his hostile relations with Clodius Pulcher, made a permanent name for himself in Latin literature, and had relations with contemporaries like his confidente Atticus, and all the big names, Caesar, Pompey, Mark Antony and Octavian (Augustus).

Here are some of his famous sayings:

"I am never less alone than when alone." "minus solum, quam cum solus esset" Cicero De Officiis_ 3.1

"For as lack of adornment is said to become some women, so this subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives delight." Cicero De Oratore. 78.

"Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events." Cicero De Divinatione. i. 118.

"He is never less at leisure than when at leisure." Cicero De Officiis. iii. 1.

"While the sick man has life there is hope." Cicero Epistolarum ad Atticum. ix. 10, 4.

"You, boy, who owe everything to a name." Cicero Philippic 13.11

"More law, less justice." Cicero De Officiis I.10.33

"Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system." Cicero Pro Murena 36

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Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman and orator lived from 106-43 B.C. For more information on Cicero, see
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