"Let a man practice the profession which..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life”

“As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.”

“Those who do not know history will forever remain children”

“Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.”

“I am a communist and my painting is a communist painting. But if I were a shoemaker, Royalist or Communist or anything else, I would not necessarily hammer my shoes in any special way to show my politics.”

“Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.”

“Some play the piano well and some badly and there is a great difference in the melodies they produce.”

“The most able seems clumsy.”

“The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things.”