Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes


If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.


Citations

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Oratore. Translated by E. W. Sutton and H. Rackham, Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 7.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Statesman, Lawyer, Writer, Orator

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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