"A room without books
is like
a body without a soul."
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106-43 BCE)
Cicero was a well-regarded orator in his time, now considered to be the greatest in Roman history. He was also a linguist and philosopher as well as wealthy statesman of Rome.
His works were revived and revered in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment and made an enormous impact on European language and thought.
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