Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant error extorted from me; and if, as some minute philosophers suppose, death should deprive me of my being, I need not fear the raillery of those pretended philosophers when they are no more.

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Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]

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It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

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He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

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The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

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Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.

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There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

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There were poets before Homer.

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Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

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The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.

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What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

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Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

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The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

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We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

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Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

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Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

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They condemn what they do not understand.

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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

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Let every man practice the art that he knows best.

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