What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Education Quotes, Teachers And Teaching Quotes

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

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

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

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for...

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.