Who is Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ə-roh; Latin: [ˈmaːr.kʊs ˈtʊl.lʲi.jʊs ˈkɪ.kɛ.roː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. His extensive writings include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy and politics, and he is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and served as consul in 63 BC.

His influence on the Latin language was immense. He wrote more than three-quarters of extant Latin literature that is known to have existed in his lifetime, and it has been said that subsequent prose was either a ...
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Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

• To some extent I liken slavery to death.
• Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
• I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
• Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
• Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

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