Knowledge Quote by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to…

— Samuel Smiles

“If Aristotle and his pupil Alexander the Great were brought back to life today, they would believe themselves in the country of the gods…

— Lev Shestov

“We need both Socrates and Aristotle in the search for knowledge, but in education today there is too much Aristotle and too little Socrates.”

— Gregory J.E. Rawlins

“This Aristotle knew definitely: the truth has the power to force or constrain men, all men alike, whether it be the great Parmenides and…

— Lev Shestov

“Philip remembered the story of the Eastern King who, desiring to know the history of man, was brought by a sage five hundred volumes;…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.

— Diogenes

He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as…

— Roger Ascham

“History has been so fascinated with Alexander the Great that it has overlooked the genius of his father. But by his supreme skill at…

— Philip Freeman

“When Alexander saw the depth of his empire he wept for there were no more worlds to concquer. Benefits of a classical education.”

— Hans Gruber

“Consequently he himself perceived that a knowledge of mankind would have availed him more than all the legal refinements and philosophical maxims in the…

— Nikolai Gogol

“On the Continent learned persons love to quote Aristotle, Horace, Montaigne and show off their knowledge; in England only uneducated people show off their…

— George Mikes