Quote by Cicero Download Open image ““I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.”” — Cicero ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Plato is proved to be more religious than these men, for he allowed that the same God was both just and good,” — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
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By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much you value, than to be right in the company of such… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“It was fundamental to Plato, and to the mainstream of classical Greek philosophy after him, that men are created unequal; not merely in the… — M.I. Finley Copy Share Image
“...in the presence of God, it is less important who is right than what is right.” — G.P. Ching Copy Share Image
“if my nature is wrong, it is better to be wrong and be myself than to be what I honestly believe to be wrong… — Wallace E. Baker Copy Share Image
“If you will bear in mind that Socrates, the best of the pagans, knew of no higher criterion for men, of no better guide… — Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton Copy Share Image
“The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.” — Cicero Copy Share Image
“Though, even if there were no such great advantage to be reaped from it, and if it were only pleasure that is sought from… — Cicero Copy Share Image
“My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age… — Cicero Copy Share Image
“Speaking Latin properly is indeed to be held in the highest regard – not just because of its own merits, but in fact because… — Cicero Copy Share Image
“There is, I assure you, a medical art for the soul. It is philosophy, whose aid need not be sought, as in bodily diseases,… — Cicero Copy Share Image
“I conclude, then, that the plea of having acted in the interests of a friend is not a valid excuse for a wrong action.… — Cicero Copy Share Image
“Itaque inter omnis omnium gentium summa constat; omnibus enim innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum esse deos.” — Cicero Copy Share Image
