died 2043
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was a Roman statesman, philosopher, and orator known for his eloquent speeches and writings on politics, philosophy, and ethics. As a prominent figure in the Roman Republic, Cicero played a key role in defending republican values against the rise of autocratic rule, making significant contributions to political theory and rhetoric.
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.