“For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense… — Adrian Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
“Kant’s conception of dignity is indebted to Cicero and the Roman conception of dignitas, according to which dignity is an elevated position… — Oliver Sensen Copy Share Image
“There is a story that Simonides was dining at the house of a wealthy nobleman named Scopas at Crannon in Thessaly, and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
As a Roman philosopher, Cicero, said of him a few hundred years later, Socrates 'called philosophy down from the sky and established… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Surely the greatest mercy granted us by Providence is our ignorance of the future. Imagine if we knew the outcome of our… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“Petrarch sometimes wrote letters to long-dead authors. He was also a dedicated hunter of classic manuscripts. Once, after discovering some previously unknown… — David Markson Copy Share Image
“He (Cicero) made Catiline and his conspiracy actually simple; the man himself had the courage to sit in front of him and… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“At bottom, politics was a hullabaloo of equal and individual competitors who would only be guaranteed to cooperate for one cause: the… — Anthony Everitt Copy Share Image
“Philo of Larisa, head of the Academy in Athens....inspired Cicero with a passion for philosophy, and in particular for the theories of… — Anthony Everitt Copy Share Image
“Nemo est qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso: numquam labere, si te audies. ( Nobody can give you wiser advice than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“atque illi artifices corporis simulacra ignotis nota faciebant; quae uel si nulla, nihilo sint tamen obscuriores clari uiri.” — Cicero Copy Share Image
“Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
