Marcus Tullius Cicero: Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a…
Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.
In today’s wordsNot to know what happened before we were born is to remain a child forever. If we make no use of the labors of past ages, the world will stay forever in the infancy of knowledge.
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