The Cicero Trilogy Quotes

“His theory of oratory, the exact opposite of the Asiatics’, was simple: don’t move about too much, hold your head straight, stick to the point, make ’em laugh, make ’em cry, and when you’ve won their sympathy, sit down quickly –”
― Robert Harris, The Cicero Trilogy

“A sex scandal will always draw a crowd, but a sex scandal involving the ruling classes is titillating beyond measure.”
― Robert Harris, The Cicero Trilogy

“Curio had made his fortune in the East as a soldier under Sulla, but was rather slow-witted, with a poor memory. As an orator he was known as ‘The Fly-Swatter’ because of his habit of throwing his arms around when he spoke.”
― Robert Harris, The Cicero Trilogy

“Sometimes,’ he said, summing up the discussion with an aphorism I have never forgotten, ‘if you find yourself stuck in politics, the thing to do is start a fight – start a fight, even if you do not know how you are going to win it, because it is only when a fight is on, and everything is in motion, that you can hope to see your way through.”
― Robert Harris, The Cicero Trilogy

“a rising than a setting sun.”’ This potent combination of”
― Robert Harris, The Cicero Trilogy