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287 quotes by 244 authors

Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that… — Thomas Arnold
He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If we ought to… — Robert Barclay
You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any… — John Perry Barlow
As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained in their practice, and were… — David Brainerd
The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained. — Alexis Carrel
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. — Jean Cocteau
It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion that… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation. — Sun Tzu
Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men. — Sun Tzu
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all… — Edmund Burke
A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say,… — Walter Lippmann
If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we… — Patrick Henry
And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury; To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently… — Thomas Hood
In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Therefore, in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods. — Niccolo Machiavelli
In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and solid knowledge, they… — William Whewell
Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved was the result… — Nikola Tesla
What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works… — Benjamin Franklin
Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain. — Samuel Johnson

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