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

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for...

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

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.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the...

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

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...

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the...

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills...

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.