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A mind full of knowledge is a mind that never fails. - Unattributed Author A Persian philosopher, being asked by what method he had acquired much knowledge, answered, "By not being prevented by shame from asking questions where I was ignorant." - Unattributed Author There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know that they know; and those who know that they know. - Unattributed Author, rendering of an Arab proverb Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. - Joseph Addison, in the "Guardian", no. 111, Letter of Alexander to Aristotle Yet all that I have learn'd (hugh toyles now past) By long experience, and in famous schooles, Is but to know my ignorance at last, Who think themselves most wise are greatest fools. - William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Recreation with the Muses (London, fol. 1637, p. 7) All men by nature desire to know. - Aristotle All men naturally desire knowledge. - Aristotle The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it. - Aristotle Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge. - Matthew Arnold Real knowledge, like every thing else of the highest value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for,--studied for,--thought for,--and, more than all, it must be prayed for. - Thomas Arnold If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. - Isaac Asimov A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. - Jane Austen, Northanger (ch. 14) I have taken all knowledge to be my province. - Francis Bacon I take all knowledge to be my province. - Francis Bacon Knowledge is not a shop for profit or sale, but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of men's estate. - Francis Bacon Knowledge is power. - Francis Bacon, paraphrase, sometimes attributed to Thomas Hobbes For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself. - Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning (bk. I) Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of the cause frustrates the effect. - Francis Bacon, Aphorism III Knowledge itself is power. [Lat., Nam et ipsa scienta potestas est.] - Francis Bacon, De Heresibus Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up. - Francis Bacon, Rendering of I Cor. VIII (I) For knowledge, too, is itself a power. [Lat., Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.] - Francis Bacon, Treatise--De Hoeresiis A knowledge of mankind and of things that surround us gives us that second education which proves far move valuable than our first because it alone turns out a truly accomplished man. - Honore de Balzac In the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge. - Honore de Balzac Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all. - Henry Ward Beecher Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. - Claude Bernard Displaying page 1 of 10 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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