1,226 Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

The last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. [Lat., Supremus ille dies non nostri extinctionem sed commutationem affert loci.]

How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.

The administration of government, like guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust

It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

Sometimes I do what I want to. The rest of the time- I do what I have to.

Life is short, but art lives forever.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.