No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.

There are two sides to every question.

Man is the measure of all things, of the reality of those which are, and of the unreality of those which are not.

Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life

Everyone, including the Athenians [...] are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all.

About the gods I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist or what they are to look at. Many things prevent my knowing. Among others, the fact that they are never seen.

Man is the measure of all things.