Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes


When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.


Citations

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Oratore, Books 1-2. Translated by E. W. Sutton and H. Rackham, Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 5.

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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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