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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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...

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...

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...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old; an ornament...

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even...

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free

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...

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good