Virgil Quotes

The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

It is better to have wisdom without learning than learning without wisdom.

He who understands the wise is wise already.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

Marlo taught me things I thought I knew.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

Knowledge is power.

With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.

To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.