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Cicero

Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)

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Also known as Marcus Tullius Cicero, M. Tullii Ciceronis, M. Tullius Cicero

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Occupation: philosopher, poet, political theorist, jurist
Position held: quaestor, plebeian aedile, praetor, ancient Roman senator
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Born: 106 BC
Died: 43 BC, 43 BC

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Overview

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. The extensive writings of Cicero include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy, and politics. He is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists and the innovator of what became known as "Ciceronian rhetoric". Cicero was educated in Rome and in Greece. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and served as consul in 63 BC.

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Notable quotes

“Equidem ad pacem hortari non desino; quae vel iniusta utilior est quam iustissimum bellum cum civibus.”
— As for me, I cease not to advocate peace. It may be on unjust terms, but even so it is more expedient than the justest of civil wars.
“Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?”
— To what length will you abuse our patience, Catiline?
“Existunt etiam saepe iniuriae calumnia quadam et nimis callida sed malitiosa iuris interpretatione. Ex quo illud "summum ius summa iniuria" factum est iam tritum sermone proverbium.”
— Injustice often arises also through chicanery, that is, through an over-subtle and even fraudulent construction of the law. This it is that gave rise to the now familiar saw, "More law, less justice."
“Honesta enim bonis viris, non occulta quaeruntur.”
— Honorable things, not secretive things, are sought by good men.
“Est profecto animi medicina, philosophia; cuius auxilium non ut in corporis morbis petendum est foris, omnibusque opibus viribus, ut nosmet ipsi nobis mederi possimus, elaborandum est.”
— Philosophy is certainly the medicine of the soul. Its aid is to be sought not from without, as in diseases of the body; and we must labour with all our resources and with all our strength to cure ourselves.
“Dryden's translation of Cicero from Plutarch's Parallel Lives”
— Plutarch's biography of Cicero contained in the Parallel Lives

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