Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes


Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.


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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Caelio. De Provinciis Consularibus. Pro Balbo. Translated by R. Gardner, Harvard University Press, 1958, p. 415.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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  • 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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