The authority of those who teach is .....

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is ....

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and ....

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.



Marcus Tullius Cicero

read to lead....

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.


Marcus Tullius Cicero

A room without books is like ....

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero