Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC) was a Roman writer, statesman, and orator.
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
Cicero
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
Cicero
Laws are silent in times of war.
Cicero
Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.
Cicero
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
Cicero
What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.
Cicero
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquility; servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
Cicero
While there's life, there's hope.
Cicero
The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
Cicero
