Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes


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


Citations

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Philippics. Translated by Walter C. A. Ker, Harvard University Press, 1926, p. 343.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Statesman, Lawyer, Writer, Orator

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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