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Posted on June 6, 2025June 6, 2025

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”—Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on November 29, 2022November 29, 2022

“Life is one long struggle in the dark.”—Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus), Roman philosopher, 1st century BC

Posted on September 14, 2022

“Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.”—Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus), Roman philosopher, 1st century BC

Posted on June 20, 2020

“The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.”—Lucretius, Roman philosopher, 1st century BC

Posted on May 25, 2018May 25, 2018

“Truths kindle light for truths.”—Lucretius, Roman philosopher, 1st century BC

Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

“Shallowness is natural; conceit comes with education.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman philosopher, 106–43 BC

Posted on April 30, 2017April 30, 2017

“Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.”—Cicero, Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017

“There is nothing so ridiculous but some philosopher has said it.”—Marcus Cicero, Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on February 1, 2017February 1, 2017

“Nothing can be created from nothing.”—Lucretius, Roman philosopher, first century BC

Posted on December 31, 2016December 31, 2016

“A friend is, as it were, a second self.”—Cicero, Roman philosopher

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