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

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

To live is to think.

To live is to think.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

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...

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full...

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

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...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.