“And we recently discovered, if it was not known before, that no amount of power can withstand the hatred of the many.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.eduTagged: Mob Rule, tyranny, Power, Hatred
“For things are in a bad way, when that which should be obtained by merit is attempted by money.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.eduTagged: Merit, Money, Meritocracy
“The only excuse, therefore, for going to war is that we may live in peace unharmed; and when the victory is won, we should spare those who have not been bloodthirsty and barbarous in their warfare.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.eduTagged: Peace, War
“There are, on the other hand, two kinds of injustice—the one, on the part of those who inflict wrong, the other on the part of those who, when they can, do not shield from wrong those upon whom it is being inflicted.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.eduTagged: Injustice
“Above all, the search after truth and its eager pursuit are peculiar to man.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.eduTagged: Truth, Truthseeking
“Thus we come to understand that what is true, simple, and genuine appeals most strongly to a man's nature.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.eduTagged: True, Simple, Genuine
“First of all, Nature has endowed every species1 of living creature with the instinct of self-preservation, of avoiding what seems likely to cause injury to life or limb, and of procuring and providing everything needful for life—food, shelter, and the like.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.eduTagged: Nature, self-preservation, Life, Limb, food