Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. Quid enim est ateas hominis, nisi ea memoria rerum veterum cum superiorum aetate contexitur?

Being ignorant of the events that transpired before you were born is to remain a child forever. For what is human life worth, unless it is joined to the life of our ancestors through the narration of things past?

Cicero