Famous quotes containing the words marcus tullius cicero, tullius cicero, marcus tullius, tullius and/or cicero:
“What is permissible is not always honorable.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)