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

Quote of the Day (Cicero, on “A Thankful Heart”)

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.”—Attributed to Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C.-43 B.C.)