MARCUS: Nor am I asham’d, as some others are, to confess I do not know, what I do not.
[Nec me pudet ut istos fateri nescire quod nesciam.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 1, ch. 25 (1.25) / sec. 60 (1.60) (45 BC) [tr. Wase (1643)]
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MARCUS: Nor am I asham'd, as some others are, to confess I do not know, what I do not. [Nec me pudet ut istos fateri nescire quod nesciam.WIST Quotations