Famous quotes containing the words marcus tullius cicero, tullius cicero, marcus tullius, tullius and/or cicero:
“Oh the times! Oh the customs![O tempora! O mores!].”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“To whose gain? [Cui bono]”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even for the slightest evidence of kindness; and there is nothing so boorish, savage, inhuman as to appear to be overwhelmed by a favor, let alone unworthy of it.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)