I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

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...

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 function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A letter does not blush.

A letter does not blush.

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

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...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

No sane man will dance.

No sane man will dance.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

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...

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

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.