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Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. — Cicero · Smartyfair

Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.

Cicero106–43 BC · orator · Ancient RomeCicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, and philosopher famous as one of history's greatest public speakers.2 quotes

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Your brain gets hungry, and learning is what feeds it.

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Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026Sourced Cicero entry citing Acad. Quaest. 4.41

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