Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
31147 quotes
S
P
P
C
C
C
C
C
D
D
H
H
A
A
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
D
D
S
S
C
"Wisdom comes with age and experience."Septimius Severus
"All our knowledge begins with curiosity about the natural world."Pliny the Elder
"The knowledge that brings no improvement to life is knowledge wasted."Pliny the Elder
"The mind that questions everything is the mind that truly thinks."Cato the Younger
"A man who does not read is no better than one who cannot read."Cato the Elder
"To squander knowledge is to squander the gods' greatest gift."Cato the Elder
"A mind cultivated by learning cannot be enslaved."Cato the Elder
"The greatest wealth is a mind unshackled by ignorance."Cato the Elder
"To create lasting change, one must first understand the nature of things."Diocletian
"The mark of wisdom is knowing what you do not know."Diocletian
"The greatest luxury is knowledge."Hadrian
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."Hadrian
"The universe is all connected. All is related to all else."Antoninus Pius
"There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance."Antoninus Pius
"To understand a people, one must first understand their gods and their hearts."Constantine I
"I have discovered that wisdom often comes from those we least expect to teach us."Constantine I
"The mind that questions everything learns more than the mind that accepts all."Cato the Elder
"To know thyself is to understand thy limitations and possibilities."Cato the Younger
"The mind is the only true possession one can never lose."Cato the Younger
"To understand others, one must first understand oneself."Cato the Younger
"Knowledge is power, and power is immortality."Commodus
"Knowledge grows with sharing; it dies with hoarding."Commodus
"It is a peculiar thing that befall men who finally achieve knowledge—they do not know what to do with it."Cato the Elder
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of truth."Cato the Elder
"The greatest enemy is ignorance."Cato the Elder
"To understand your enemy, you must first understand yourself."Diocletian
"I learned to see the future by studying the mistakes of the past."Diocletian
"Strength without wisdom becomes tyranny."Septimius Severus
"Knowledge unshared is knowledge wasted."Septimius Severus
"Knowledge shared multiplies; knowledge hoarded withers."Constantine I