Let arms yield to the toga, let the laurel give way to praise.

Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi.

Cicero

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Cicero

Roman statesman and philosopher (106-43 BC). A novus homo who reached the consulship, he saved Rome from Catiline in 63 BC and opposed Caesar's dictatorship. After the Philippics, Antony had his head nailed to the Forum.

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