"Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who……" — James Fenimore Cooper
"Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions, but will go on improving as long as means and opportunities offer; while he who finds himself ignorant of most things, is only too apt to shrink from a labour which becomes Herculean."
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James Fenimore Cooper
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9 Quotes by James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper has 9 quotes on this site.
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It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one…
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All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly…
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The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes…
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Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society.
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I can never tire of speaking of the bridges of Paris. By day and by night have I paused on…
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Paris enjoys a high reputation for the style of its public edifices, and, while there is a very great deal…
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I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher…
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The demagogue is usually sly,a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as…
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All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
— William James
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A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody…
— Charles Lamb
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Everyone alters and is altered by everyone else. We are all the time taking in portions of one another or…
— Gerald Brenan
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We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and…
— Samuel Johnson
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In the company of friends, writers can discuss their books, economists the state of the economy, lawyers their latest cases,…
— Alfred Adler
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We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns…
— Major Owens
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Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.
— William Gilmore Simms
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If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material…
— George Washington
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We're looking to have the ability to come in and be able to capitalize on the marketing in order to…
— John B. Larson
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When the world smiles upon us, and we have got a warm nest, how do we prophesy of rest and…
— John Flavel
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In order to grow at this pace, there will have to be a couple of acquisitions along the way. The…
— Larry Ellison
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