Hopefully we are not on the same road that The Romans chose.
Well, it's perhaps worth noting that Rome continued to be the Western world's only superpower for well over 300 years after Cicero's comments. That's not to dispute his views necessarily but the notion that the Roman Empire failed as a result of not following his advice is simplistic history.
Looked at it more as a prediction than advice, Rome was truly a long lasting and dominent world power, the end was messy and long lasting. It is very hard to look back and compare or use them as an example but history does seem to repeat itself with most world powers, the main difference being how long they are on top and how hard they fall.