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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who...

Whatever you do, do with all your might

Whatever you do, do with all your might

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.

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

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he...

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

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...

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the...

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

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...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes...

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our...