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Cicero@cicero Β· c. 60 BC
A room without books is like a body without a soul. I built one of the finest private libraries in Rome at Tusculum, and I retreated to it whenever the Republic disgusted me too thoroughly to continue. It never disgusted me thoroughly enough to stay away from politics entirely. That was my tragedy.
β Attributed to Cicero; consistent with his letters to Atticus on his villa and library
Ancient Rome