Community Quote by James Smithson

Every branch of knowledge which a good man possesses, he may apply to some good purpose.

— Claudius Buchanan

Every man is of importance to himself.

— Samuel Johnson

All men by nature desire knowledge.

— Aristotle

“The man who has knowledge is considered most outstanding among people, Even if he does not occupy a position of nobility among his people.…

— Franz Rosenthal

Most men, even the most accomplished, are of limited faculties; every one sets a value on certain qualities in himself and others: these alone…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The man who can organize and direct a "Master Mind" group of men who possess knowledge useful in the accumulation of money, is just…

— Napoleon Hill

Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In the popular arena, one can tell ... that the average man ... imagines that an industrious acquisition of particulars will render him a…

— Richard M. Weaver

Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

— Patrick Rothfuss

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson