on history

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child."
- Cicero [106 BC – 7 December 43 BCE]

noble sentiments

"The best armour of old age is an early life well spent in the practice and exercise of virtuous deeds."

- Cicero

"to always be the best and overtop the rest."

"Not every mistake is a foolish one."

- Cicero [106-43 BCE]

An earlier reference to Cicero here.

studia humanitatis

A concept embraced by the Renaissance that a happy life could be achieved through study.

"To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. For what is man's lifetime unless the memory of past events is woven with those of earlier times?"
- Marcus Tullius Cicero [106 BCE-43 BCE]