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

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

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

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

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

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,...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing...

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many...

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will...

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will...