I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Thrift is of great revenue.

Thrift is of great revenue.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Before beginning, prepare carefully

Hatred is settled anger.

Hatred is settled anger.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

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...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

Grub first, then ethics.

Grub first, then ethics.

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...