Knowledge Quotes

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We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. — Charles Caleb Colton
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads. — Charles Caleb Colton
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. — Charles Caleb Colton
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. — Confucius
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. — Confucius
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years,… — Confucius
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not… — Confucius
You cannot open a book without learning something. — Confucius
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. — Confucius
The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's. — Mason Cooley
The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind. — Mason Cooley
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not;… — Calvin Coolidge
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short… — Calvin Coolidge
I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be… — Anderson Cooper
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half. — Jeff Cooper
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. — Nicolaus Copernicus
Fine art is knowledge made visible. — Gustave Courbet
Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without… — Leonardo da Vinci
All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its… — Leonardo da Vinci
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more. — William Cowper

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