To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child.

Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.

Cicero

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Topic

Ignorance of history History Ignorance

Author

Cicero

Source

Orator ad M. Brutum

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

46 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Politician Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Republic

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Orator ad M. Brutum. c. 46 B. C., ch. 34, sect. 120.

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Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla

Quoted in Pro Milone, by Cicero

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Speaker
Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla

Author

Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
80 BC 80s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. "Pro Roscio Amerino [In defense of Sextus Roscius of Amerina]." 80 BC, Umbria, Italy.

Another quote about History

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason

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Topic
Learning from the past History The past

Author

George Santayana
Source
The Life of Reason
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, ch. 12. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905

Another quote from Classical antiquity

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.

Tertullian

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Topic
Martyrs The Church Christianity

Author

Tertullian
Source
Apologeticus
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
197 190s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Tertullian. Apologeticum [Apologeticus]. c. 197, ch. 50, sect. 13.

Another quote originally in Latin

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Wandering Rootedness Place

Author

Publilius Syrus
Source
Sententiae
Medium
Epigram
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.