Cicero- Non Nobis Solum Nati Sumus (Not for Ourselves Alone are We Born) Carving Material:Classic Oak And this carving is a

And this carving is a beautiful reminder for us to drink it in

this William Morris inspired carving is one of our most complex and personally gratifying designs

simplicity is a rare and valuable find

We coupled it with a botanically-correct representation of a thorny branch from the actual plant Biblical scholars have identified as the one his Roman captors used to make the thorny crown (ziziphus spina-christi)

the straight thorn being approximately 7/8" in length

Cicero- Non Nobis Solum Nati Sumus (Not for Ourselves Alone are We Born) Carving Material:Classic Oak And this carving is aCicero Non Nobis Solum Nati Sumus Translated from English, Non Nobis Solum Nati Sumus means "not for ourselves alone are we born." It is from Marcus Tullius Cicero's De Officiis of 44 B. C. The full line is: Non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici which translates to "Not for us alone are we born; our country, our friends, have a share in us." This great thought speaks to everyone in service to something greater