4Marcus Cicero

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but parent of all others.” This timeless quote, and many others like it, came from the famous Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero. Widely considered one of the greatest orators and writers to have lived in ancient Rome, he was also a philosopher, respected politician, lawyer, political theorist, consul, and constitutionalist.

As a writer, his influence on the Latin language was so immense that subsequent writings up until the late 19th century paid homage to his style. A contemporary of Julius Caesar, Cicero also wrote a number of books of which six on rhetoric survive today along with fragments of eight others on philosophy.

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