Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 9, Letter 10 (9.10), sec. 3, l. 19 (18 Mar 49 BC) [tr. Shackleton Bailey (1968)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations
There is said to be hope for a sick man, as long as there is life. [Aegroto dum anima est, spes esse dicitur.] Alt. trans.: "A sick man is said to have hope, so long as he has breath." [tr. Winstedt (1913)] Often paraphrased as: "While there is life there…
