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"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people." »J Danforth Quayle
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"Learn to say no. It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin." »Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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"There is a negative proof of the value of Latin No one seems to boast of not knowing it." »Peter Brodie
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"Latin A sword never kills anybody it is a tool in the killer's hand." »Seneca
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"One attraction of Latin is that you can immerse yourself in the poems of Horace and Catullus without fretting over how to say, Have a nice day." »Peter Brodie
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"The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin." »Heinrich Heine
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"Etymology, n.:
Some early etymological scholars come up with derivations that were hard for the public to believe. The term "etymology" was formed from the Latin "etus" ("eaten"), the root "mal" ("bad"), and "logy" ("study of"). It meant "the study of things that are hard to swallow."" »Mike Kellen
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