If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err gladly, and do not wish to lose so delightful an error

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Belief Quotes, Death And Dying Quotes

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

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

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say...

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

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

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

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err,...

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if...

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and...