I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

Superstition is a senseless fear of God

In time of war the laws are silent.

In time of war the laws are silent.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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.

Ability without honor is useless.

Ability without honor is useless.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

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

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...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with...

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...

The logic of the heart is absurd

The logic of the heart is absurd

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core...

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...