Cicero/legacy

Famous quotes containing the words cicero and/or legacy:

    It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
    Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)