I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery...

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and...

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and...

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other...

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other...

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a...

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with...

The sinews of war are infinite money.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

Law is intelligence, whose natural function it is to command right conduct and forbid wrongdoing.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature abhors annihilation.

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something...

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.