WIST Quotations Has Moved!It is impossible, either in action or in thought, to attend to two things at once, especially if they are of any importance.
[Duas tamen res, magnas praesertim, non modo agere uno tempore, sed ne cogitando quidem explicare quisquam potest.]
[Duas tamen res, magnas praesertim, non modo agere uno tempore, sed ne cogitando quidem explicare quisquam potest.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 9 / sec. 23 (11.9/11.23) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1906)]
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Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 9 / sec. 23 (11.9/11.23) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1906)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations
It is impossible, either in action or in thought, to attend to two things at once, especially if they are of any importance. [Duas tamen res, magnas praesertim, non modo agere uno tempore, sed ne cogitando quidem explicare quisquam potest.] (Source (Latin)). Other translations: But still no man can, I…