Cicero

01/12/19

*Cicero of the Roman empire wrote this:*
*1. The poor - work & work.*
*2. The rich - exploit the poor.*
*3. The soldier - protects both.*
*4. The taxpayer - pays for all three.*
*5. The banker - robs all four.*
*6. The lawyer - misleads all five.*
*7. The doctor - bills all six.*
*8. The goons - scare all of seven.*
*9. The Politician -, lives happily on account of all eight.*
*Written in 43 B.C.‼*
*Valid even today❗


 Cicero was born in 106 B.C. into a wealthy family whose surname originated from the nickname cicer, the Latin word for “chickpea.” Writing of Cicero about a century after his death, Greek historian Plutarch believed the name came from an ancestor who had a dent in his nose resembling the cleft of a chickpea. Cicero’s family was wealthy but did not belong to the patrician class, the aristocracy of Rome. His family belonged to the equestrian class, which sat below the patricians and above the plebeians, the working class of the republic. His family had strong military connections, but not the political ones necessary for the career in government desired by Cicero.

For more info:

 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2019/01-02/death-of-cicero-and-the-roman-republic/