“We are not born for ourselves alone;… our
country claims a part in us, our parents a part, our friends a part.”—Roman
orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C.-43 B.C.), De Officiis (“On Moral Duties”), 44 B.C., translated by Andrew P. PeabodyWednesday, April 19, 2017
Quote of the Day (Cicero, on Why ‘We Are Not Born for Ourselves Alone’)
“We are not born for ourselves alone;… our
country claims a part in us, our parents a part, our friends a part.”—Roman
orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C.-43 B.C.), De Officiis (“On Moral Duties”), 44 B.C., translated by Andrew P. Peabody
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