Cicero’s Six Mistakes of Man
According to Cicero, these are the 6 Mistakes to Avoid in life
Roman statesman and a man of letters, Cicero was Rome’s greatest orator and most articulate philosopher. He was a politician in the Roman Senate, a craftsman of many skills including lawyer, dialectician, rhetorician, and orator. Most of our knowledge of Cicero’s life comes from his own letters and other projects. Cicero’s De officiis was the great orator’s last major work, which he composed in a letter form to his son Marcus in 44 BCE.
Without further ado, here’s the six mistakes of man by none other, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE)
The Six Mistakes of Man
1. The illusion that personal gain is made up of crushing others.
2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.
4. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.
5. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind and not acquiring the…
