Cassiodorus Quotes on Knowledge
Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator was a Roman senator, scholar, and statesman who served the Ostrogothic kings of Italy under Theodoric and his successors before retiring in the 540s to found the monastery of Vivarium on his family estates in Calabria. This page collects quotes attributed to Cassiodorus on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Cassiodorus:
“Every age, however dark, has need of letters.”
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Attributed to Cassiodorus:
“He who copies a sacred book labours with hands and tongue alike.”
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Attributed to Cassiodorus:
“Memory is the storehouse of all the soul has gathered.”
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Attributed to Cassiodorus:
“What we owe to faithful copyists, no praise can match.”
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Attributed to Cassiodorus:
“Learning consoles the soul amid the disasters of the age.”