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title: "9 Knowledge Necessary Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [Imagination is not enough. Knowledge is necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-scott/imagination-is-not-enough-knowledge-is-necessary/)

[Paul Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-scott/)

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> [It is not often that any man can have so much knowledge of another, as is necessary to make instruction useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-not-often-that-any-man-can-have-so-much-knowledge-of-another-as/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [“...it is the knowledge of necessary and eternal truths that distinguishes us from the mere animals and gives us Reason and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gottfried-leibniz/it-is-the-knowledge-of-necessary-and-eternal-truths-that/)

[Gottfried Leibniz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gottfried-leibniz/)

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> [The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-rush/the-bible-contains-more-knowledge-necessary-to-man-in-his-present/)

[Benjamin Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-rush/)

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> [Our great power does not mean we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we assume we have all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/our-great-power-does-not-mean-we-can-do-whatever-we-want-whenever-we/)

[John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/)

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> [Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-ari-s/until-the-end-of-the-middle-ages-and-in-many-cases-afterwards-too-in/)

[Philippe Aries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-ari-s/)

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> [“Why are so many people afraid that we are running out of energy? Why do they warn of disaster if we exhaust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/why-are-so-many-people-afraid-that-we-are-running-out-of-energy-why/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/these-days-people-don-t-search-for-the-truth-people-study-simply-in/)

[Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/)

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> [In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-henry/in-order-to-the-attaining-of-all-useful-knowledge-this-is-most/)

[Matthew Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-henry/)

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