Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. - Cicero

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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

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About Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC), infrequently known by the anglicized name Tully in the Middle Ages and after, was a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, José Luiz (CC BY-SA)

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Native Name: M.Tullius M.f.M.n. Cor. Cicero
Alternative Names: Marcus Tullius Cicero M. Tullii Ciceronis M. Tullius Cicero Tully

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