I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.
'Know,' says a wise writer, the historian of kings, 'Know the men that are to be trusted'; but how is this to be? The possession of knowledge involves both time and opportunities. Neither of these are 'handservants at command.'
I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
I thought I knew everything when I came to Rome, but I soon found I had everything to learn.
To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.
I don't claim to know everything. I claim to be a seeker of knowledge.
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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