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

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

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 long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.