Knowledge Quotes

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

31147 quotes

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"Knowledge of oneself is the first step to knowledge of how to rule others."
Constantine I
C
"Knowledge without moral courage is merely vanity."
Cato the Younger
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"I have stood in places most men will never see, and learned that everywhere is the same struggle."
Hadrian
H
"To understand Rome, one must walk its roads; to understand power, one must try to wield it."
Hadrian
A
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."
Antoninus Pius
A
"In the pursuit of knowledge, humility is the greatest teacher."
Antoninus Pius
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"To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to remain always a child."
Cato the Elder
C
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all endeavors."
Cato the Elder
C
"The amphitheater teaches what no academy can: the nature of man."
Commodus
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"To understand your enemy is to understand yourself."
Diocletian
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"To question is to seek truth; to refuse questions is to embrace ignorance."
Diocletian
D
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all pursuits."
Diocletian
D
"A nation's wealth is measured not in gold, but in the wisdom of its people."
Diocletian
T
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it"
Trajan
T
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous"
Trajan
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"Knowledge without application is merely the decoration of a fool's mind."
Septimius Severus
S
"The pursuit of knowledge is the only race worth running."
Septimius Severus
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"To navigate chaos, one must first understand it."
Constantine I
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"The empire that forgets to look backward will stumble forward."
Hadrian
H
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all pursuits."
Hadrian
H
"Rome endures because she learns from every culture she touches."
Hadrian
H
"A library is a gateway to infinite worlds."
Hadrian
D
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something."
Domitian
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"In the pursuit of knowledge, we discover that ignorance was our greatest enemy."
Antoninus Pius
A
"The mind grows as the body does—through exercise and challenge."
Antoninus Pius
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"Knowledge without application is merely pleasant conversation."
Antoninus Pius
A
"A sharp mind is the most valuable possession any ruler can have."
Antoninus Pius
A
"Knowledge is the power to improve one's circumstances."
Antoninus Pius
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"Knowledge of one's enemies is the first victory."
Commodus
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"Knowledge without the will to use it is useless philosophy."
Commodus