Elitism Quote by Cicero

Don't be afraid to say what you don't know, and speak for what you do know. Say, "I can't speak for all Latinas, but…

— Sandra Cisneros

Brandon McCaw and King Richard says but it was not the Latin of Cicero or even the Latin of the ordinary Roman citizen. It…

— Brandon McCaw

There is a negative proof of the value of Latin: No one seems to boast of not knowing it.

— Peter Brodie

A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.

— Brander Matthews

“I loved those Latin words for their dignity, their foreignness, and the way my tongue had to wrap around them. I felt that in…

— Abraham Verghese

Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.

— Charles Spurgeon

“You go on, I presume, with your latin Exercises: and I wish to hear of your beginning upon Sallust who is one of the…

— John Adams

“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.”

— Heinrich Heine

It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses…

— John Dryden

“One of the regrets of my life is that I did not study Latin. I'm absolutely convinced, the more I understand these eighteenth century…

— David McCullough

“With these meager scraps of Latin and the like, you may perhaps be taken for a scholar, which is honorable and profitable these days.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.”

— Heinrich Heine