Marcus Tullius Cicero,
Letters to Atticus — 1.7 (III)
“ My hope of getting the one enjoyment which I care for, when I come to retire, depends entirely on your kindness.Footnotes ↑ The mother of Atticus lived to be ninety, dying in B.C. 33, not long before Atticus himself, who at her funeral declared that "he had never been reconciled to her, for he had never had a word of dispute with her" (Nep. Att. 17) .↑ This sum is for the works of art purchased for the writer by Atticus. ”
