Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes about Knowledge

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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education, Knowledge, Knowing Who You Are

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wisdom, Knowledge, Justice

Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Art, Teaching, Knowledge

"De Legibus (On the Laws)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book II, Chapter 19), circa 52 BC.

There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Knowledge, Mean, Sea

Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Knowledge, Men, Difficult

"De Oratore (On the Orator)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book III, Chapter 9), 55 BC.

Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Children, Knowledge, Born

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Children, Knowledge, Science