Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes


If a man could mount to Heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had someone to share in his pleasure.


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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Senectute, De Amicitia, De Divinatione. Translated by William Armistead Falconer, Harvard University Press, 1923, p. 195.

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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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