Honorable Quote by Miguel de Cervantes

“And this puts me in mind of that rich gentleman of Rome, who had been solicitous, with great expense, to procure men that were…

— Michel de Montaigne

“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

“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

“I guess you don’t study Latin and Greek if you don’t like putting in the hours.”

— Rosemary Clement-Moore

“Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.”

— Virgil

“By being a citizen of Rome, a man gained honor, wealth, and security. The Latins, therefore, became eager to obtain this title, and used…

— Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges

“In towering letters Cicero’s words were engraved over the library entrance. Who knows only his own generation remains always a child.”

— Linda Lafferty

“You could, if so inclined, read more Greek texts in the original Greek than the most prestigious Greek nobleman of classical times.”

— Kevin Kelly

“...don't be snowed by a handsome guy at a bookstore who quotes Cicero and Proust. They are often not the real thing. As with…

— Jennifer Kaufman

“Rome seems a comfort to those with the ambitious soul of an Artist or a Conqueror.”

— Pietros Maneos

“The dignity and energy of the Roman character, conspicuous in war and in politics, were not easily tamed and adjusted to the arts of…

— The Richmond Enquirer 1850s

“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