Knowledge Quotes

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Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. — Dante Alighieri
Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike — Madame De Stael
The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of… — Blaise Pascal
What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the infirmities of men — Charles Dickens
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus… — Buddha
The broad spectrum of knowledge, the ability to probe into the meaning of an event and the ability to write clearly and concisely in newspaper… — Betty Southard Murphy
Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. — Samuel Johnson
Risk varies inversely with knowledge — Moulin Rouge
The bad workman blames his tools — American Proverb
Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly… — John Locke
There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. — Brooke Medicine Eagle
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it. — Margaret Fuller
Each excellent thing, once learned, serves for a measure of all other knowledge — Sir Philip Sidney
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades… — Richard Dawkins
In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge. — Samuel Johnson
The first study for the man who wants to be a poet is knowledge of himself, complete: he searches for his soul, he inspects it,… — Arthur Rimbaud
The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to learn from books the present state of human knowledge; that… — Samuel Johnson
Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second-hand from books or other… — William Hazlitt
People buy books to own knowledge and have others see them as people of knowledge. — Donna Pomona
The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character, and are as much personality needs as the 'basic needs'… — Abraham Maslow

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