Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes


As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.


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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Quinctio, Pro Roscio Amerino, Pro Roscio Comoedo, Contra Rullum. Translated by J. H. Freese, Harvard University Press, 1930, p. 289.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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  • Profession: Statesman, Lawyer, Writer, Orator

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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