MARCUS: As a field, though fertile, cannot yield a harvest without cultivation, no more can the mind without learning.
[Ut ager quamvis fertilis sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest, sic sine doctrina animus.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 2, ch. 5 (2.5) / sec. 13 (2.13) (45 BC) [tr. Peabody (1886)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #tusculandisputations #accomplishment #cultivation #development #education #harvest #learning #mind #potential #productivity #soul
Cicero, Marcus Tullius - Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 2, ch. 5 (2.5) / sec. 13 (2.13) (45 BC) [tr. Peabody (1886)] | WIST Quotations
MARCUS: As a field, though fertile, cannot yield a harvest without cultivation, no more can the mind without learning. [Ut ager quamvis fertilis sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest, sic sine doctrina animus.WIST Quotations
Khurram Wadee likes this.
reshared this