Knowledge Quotes

From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.

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"Better to master one area than many superficially."
Horace
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"To know oneself is the beginning of all true knowledge."
Horace
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"The chronicler must distinguish between rumor and reality, or lose all authority."
Livy
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"To understand the present, one must study the past with unflinching honesty."
Livy
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"To narrate events truly is to exercise power over the future understanding of mankind."
Livy
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"The annals of history belong to those who have the wisdom to record them accurately."
Livy
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"The chronicler's duty is to illuminate, not to flatter or condemn."
Livy
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"The pen of the historian wields power greater than the sword of the general."
Livy
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"To record events is to participate in the judgment of history itself."
Livy
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"To write history is to participate in the eternal conversation between past and future."
Livy
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"Knowledge is the most valuable possession, for it cannot be stolen or lost."
Pliny the Younger
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all endeavors."
Pliny the Younger
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"The mind is a vast ocean; most of us never dive deep enough."
Pliny the Younger
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"The written record is the guardian of truth against the ravages of time."
Suetonius
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"To understand the present, one must first understand the labyrinth of the past."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"The accumulated wisdom of ages is often discarded by each generation anew."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Knowledge without application is like a sword left rusting in its sheath."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Those who ignore the precedents of history are doomed to trip over them."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Those who understand the present must first understand the patterns of the past."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Whatever is known becomes less valued."
Tacitus
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"Knowledge without application is sterile."
Martial
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"The pursuit of knowledge is never-ending."
Martial
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"Knowledge is the most powerful weapon against ignorance."
Pliny the Elder
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"In the pursuit of knowledge, every moment is an opportunity."
Pliny the Elder
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"The stars are distant suns, each potentially home to their own worlds."
Pliny the Elder
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"To record knowledge is to create immortality."
Pliny the Elder
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"The encyclopedic mind contains the wealth of ages."
Pliny the Elder
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"The human mind craves certainty, yet lives in doubt."
Livy
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"The pursuit of knowledge has no end."
Livy
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"The knowledge of the past guides the future."
Livy