To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROI am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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Not for ourselves alone are we born.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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