Cicero's View of Life
CLAIM A list authored by Roman statesman Cicero describes "the situation during his lifetime." See Example(s) EXAMPLES Collected via Facebook, June 2016 RATING FALSE ORIGIN As we’ve noted many times in these pages, one common way in which people attempt to demonstrate the aptness of a particular social or political viewpoint is to put its expression into the mouth of a revered historical figure . Surely if one of great minds of our civilization, someone who lived hundreds (or even thousands) of years ago, said the very same thing we’re thinking today, then surely that’s proof we’ve hit upon some eternal truth that should be sagaciously heeded. In short, attributing apocryphal quotations to everyone from Confucius to Abraham Lincoln is an attempt to capitalize on the maxim that “great minds think alike.” 1. The poor, work & work. 2. The rich, exploit the poor. 3. The soldier, protects both. 4. The taxpayer, pays for all the three. 5. The wanderer, rests for all the fo...