Marcus Tullius Cicero

Famous quotes containing the words marcus tullius cicero, tullius cicero, marcus tullius, tullius and/or cicero:

    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.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    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.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)