Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes


Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.


Citations

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. The Verrine Orations, Volume I: Against Caecilius. Against Verres, Part 1; Part 2, Books 1-2. Translated by L. H. G. Greenwood, Harvard University Press, 1928, p. 77.

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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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