“To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.”

“To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.”

“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?"Cicero, Orator, 46 BCBy way of 'Dictator' by Robert Harris, 2015”

“As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body but can never be so in mind.”

“Nothing common can seem worthy of you.”

“Socrates indeed when he was asked of what country he called himself said "Of the world" for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.”

“For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.”

“Honor is the reward of virtue.”

“O temporal O mores! O what times! what morals!”

“Any man may make a mistake none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.”

“The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.”

“Oh what times! Oh what standards!”