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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of...

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Hatred is settled anger

Hatred is settled anger

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without...

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second...

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise...

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me...

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and...