Bards Quote by Aphra Behn

He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.

— Aphra Behn

“What could be the meaning of this—that he who knew nothing, and knew that he knew nothing, should be declared by the oracle to…

— Plato

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - who knows who has written and where it is to be found.

— Anonymous

From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.

— Anonymous

The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.

— John Milton

“Wise men speak only of what they know”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

He knew now, and the knowledge was hard, that his task had never been to undo what he had done, but to finish what…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew.

— Voltaire

The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write.

— Jose Saramago

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.

— Socrates