Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Officiis. Translated by Walter Miller, Loeb Classical Library 30, Harvard University Press, 1913, p. 77.
Versions of this proverb appear in many countries. Although the proverb originated in reference to military affairs, it is applicable to politics, leadership, management, and in the modern world is beginning to be applied to individuals and their careers and futures.
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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.