--- title: "9 Cicero Quotes By Robert Harris" description: "9 Cicero quotes by Robert Harris. Plus more from Robert Harris and more Cicero sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/robert-harris-2039_cicero_cicero-most-reminds-me-of-harold-wilson_46079.png" --- > [Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/cicero-most-reminds-me-of-harold-wilson-both-men-knew-how-to-keep-the/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/robert-harris-2039_cicero_cicero-most-reminds-me-of-harold-wilson_46079.png) > [“Cicero himself appeared, hand in hand with Tullia, nodding good morning to everyone, greeting each by name (“the first rule in politics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/cicero-himself-appeared-hand-in-hand-with-tullia-nodding-good-morning/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/robert-harris-2039_cicero_cicero-himself-appeared-hand-in-hand-wit_2850785.png) > [Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for in politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/another-of-cicero-s-maxims-was-that-if-you-must-do-something/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/robert-harris-2039_cicero_another-of-cicero-s-maxims-was-that-if-y_3080217.png) > [Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/cicero-smiled-at-us-the-art-of-life-is-to-deal-with-problems-as-they/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/robert-harris-2039_arise_cicero-smiled-at-us-the-art-of-life-is-t_610255.jpg) > [“Cicero often asked me to perform small services for Milo during that campaign. For example, I went back through our files and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/cicero-often-asked-me-to-perform-small-services-for-milo-during-that/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/robert-harris-2039_cicero_cicero-often-asked-me-to-perform-small-s_2657051.jpg) > [“I found, for example, that Cicero was fond of repeating certain phrases, and these I learned to reduce to a line, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/i-found-for-example-that-cicero-was-fond-of-repeating-certain-phrases/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/robert-harris-2039_cicero_i-found-for-example-that-cicero-was-fond_2912506.png) > [“Surely the greatest mercy granted us by Providence is our ignorance of the future. Imagine if we knew the outcome of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/surely-the-greatest-mercy-granted-us-by-providence-is-our-ignorance/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/robert-harris-2039_ancient-rome_surely-the-greatest-mercy-granted-us-by_1068805.png) > [“No one can really claim to know politics properly until he has stayed up all night writing a speech for delivery the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/no-one-can-really-claim-to-know-politics-properly-until-he-has-stayed/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/robert-harris-2039_cicero_no-one-can-really-claim-to-know-politics_121435.jpg) > [“Well, good luck to you both. Rome will be the winner whoever is the victor'. Cicero began to move away but then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/well-good-luck-to-you-both-rome-will-be-the-winner-whoever-is-the/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/robert-harris-2039_ancient-rome_well-good-luck-to-you-both-rome-will-be_2906117.png) ## More by Robert Harris > [“Men mistook measurement for understanding. And they always had to put themselves at the center of everything. That was their greatest conceit. The earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/men-mistook-measurement-for-understanding-and-they-always-had-to-put/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/if-one-first-gives-himself-to-the-lord-all-other-giving-is-easy/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [“He felt more human with his boots on. A man can face the world with something on his feet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/he-felt-more-human-with-his-boots-on-a-man-can-face-the-world-with/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/cicero-most-reminds-me-of-harold-wilson-both-men-knew-how-to-keep-the/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/the-financial-world-is-at-the-cutting-edge-of-high-technology/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [“To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plans minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed ... there is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/to-choose-one-s-victims-to-prepare-one-s-plans-minutely-to-slake-an/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [“Nature has granted man no better gift than the shortness of life. The senses grow dull, the limbs are numb, sight, bearing, gait, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/nature-has-granted-man-no-better-gift-than-the-shortness-of-life-the/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [“A crock of shit,” Rick had called it. But actually this was worse. Shit, to quote Gore Vidal, has its own integrity. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/a-crock-of-shit-rick-had-called-it-but-actually-this-was-worse-shit/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [“... unfortunately, freedom alone is not enough, by far. If there is a shortage of bread, a shortage of butter and fats, a shortage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/unfortunately-freedom-alone-is-not-enough-by-far-if-there-is-a/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/it-is-perseverance-and-not-genius-that-takes-a-man-to-the-top-rome-is/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [“No one can really claim to know politics properly until he has stayed up all night writing a speech for delivery the following day.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/no-one-can-really-claim-to-know-politics-properly-until-he-has-stayed/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [People perish. Books are immortal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/people-perish-books-are-immortal/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/does-a-name-stick-because-it-suits-a-man-or-does-the-man/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [“He glanced around the reading room and closed his eyes, trying to keep hold of the past for a minute longer, a fattening and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/he-glanced-around-the-reading-room-and-closed-his-eyes-trying-to-keep/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) > [The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/the-natural-impulse-of-men-is-to-follow-and-whoever-has-the-strongest/) [Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cicero/robert-harris/#itemlist", "name": "9 Cicero Quotes By Robert Harris", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. 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Rome will be the winner whoever is the victor'. Cicero began to move away but then checked himself, and a slight frown crossed his face. He returned to Catulus. 'One more thing, if I may? Who proposed this widening of the franchise?' 'Caesar' Although Latin is a language rich in subtlety and metaphor, I cannot command the words, either in that tongue or even in Greek, to describe Cicero's expression at that moment. 'Dear gods' he said in a tone of utter shock. 'Is it possible he means to stand himself?' 'Of course not. That would be ridiculous. He's far too young. He's thirty-six. He's not yet even been elected praetor' 'Yes, but even so, in my opinion, you would be well advised to reconvene your college as quickly as possible and go back to the existing method of selection.' 'That is impossible' 'Why?' 'The bill to change the franchise was laid before the people this morning' 'By whom?' 'Labienus' 'Ah!' 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