Richard

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“There is no greater sorrow
Than to recall a happy time
When miserable.”
― Dante Alighieri

“First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.”
― Epictetus