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To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. — Cicero · 46 BCHistory is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity. — Cicero · 55 BCAnimals1 quote
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us. — Quintus Ennius · 45 BCApes1 quote
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us. — Quintus Ennius · 45 BCBody and soul1 quote
There are more disorders of the mind than of the body, and they are of a more dangerous nature. — Cicero · 45 BCBooks1 quote
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Cicero · 44 BCDuty1 quote
Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to. — Cicero · 2000Farming1 quote
For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture. — Cicero · 44 BCFinishing a task1 quote
For it is commonly said: completed labors are pleasant. — Cicero · 45 BCFriendship1 quote
A friend is, as it were, a second self. — Cicero · 44 BCGardens1 quote
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Cicero · 44 BCGovernment1 quote
For there is nothing that happens on earth that is more welcome to that supreme God who rules the whole universe than the institutions and congregations of men united by a sense of right, which are called states. — Cicero · 51 BCHome1 quote
What is more agreeable than one's home? — Cicero · 46 BCHonor1 quote
The thing which is the most outstanding and chiefly to be desired by all healthy and good and well-off persons, is leisure with honor. — Cicero · 56 BCHope1 quote
While there's life, there's hope. — Cicero · 49 BCHope springs eternal1 quote
While there's life, there's hope. — Cicero · 49 BCHuman body1 quote
There are more disorders of the mind than of the body, and they are of a more dangerous nature. — Cicero · 45 BCIgnorance1 quote
To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. — Cicero · 46 BCIgnorance of history1 quote
To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. — Cicero · 46 BCIncentives1 quote
Cui bono? — Cicero · 52 BCLaw1 quote
Laws are silent in time of war. — Cicero · 52 BCLegal theory1 quote
Laws are silent in time of war. — Cicero · 52 BCLeisure1 quote
The thing which is the most outstanding and chiefly to be desired by all healthy and good and well-off persons, is leisure with honor. — Cicero · 56 BCLife's necessities1 quote
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Cicero · 44 BCMan and animals1 quote
The ape, vilest of beasts, how like to us. — Quintus Ennius · 45 BCMoral decline1 quote
O tempora! O mores! — Cicero · 63 BCMoral relativism1 quote
There exists a law, inborn of our hearts by natural intuition, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right. — Cicero · 52 BCMoral theory1 quote
There exists a law, inborn of our hearts by natural intuition, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right. — Cicero · 52 BCMorality1 quote
There exists a law, inborn of our hearts by natural intuition, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right. — Cicero · 52 BCNaval power1 quote
He who commands the sea has command of everything. — Themistocles · 462 BCOcean and sea1 quote
He who commands the sea has command of everything. — Themistocles · 462 BC