What is more agreeable than one's home?

Quae est domestical sede iucundior?

Cicero

More information about this quote

Topic

Home

Author

Cicero

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

46 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Politician Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Republic

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Epistles ad Familiares [Letters to Friends]. c. 46 BC, bk. 4, no. 8.

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Cui bono?

Cicero

Pro Milone

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Topic
Incentives
Speaker
Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
52 BC 50s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 32.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [For Milo], translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 32.

Another quote about Home

A house is a machine for living in.

Le Corbusier

Toward an Architecture

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Topic
Houses Home Architecture

Author

Le Corbusier
Source
Toward an Architecture
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Corbusier, Le. Vers une Architecture. Editions G. Crès et Cie., 1923.

Current Citation

Corbusier, Le. Toward an Architecture. Getty Research Institute, 2007.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Publilius Syrus

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Topic
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.

Another quote originally in Latin

We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.

Bernard of Chartres

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Topic
Scientific progress Progress
Speaker
Bernard of Chartres

Author

John of Salisbury
Language
Latin
Time
1159 1150s 12th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bernard of Chartres. Quoted in The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury, written by John of Salisbury. c. 1159, bk. 3.