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The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind. - Sir Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, Lord Brooke Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. - Joseph Hall Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself. - A.W. Hare and J.C. Hare Knowledge partakes of infinity; it widens with our capacities: the higher we mount in it, the vaster and more magnificent are the prospects it stretches out before us. - A.W. Hare and J.C. Hare The first step to self-knowledge is self-distrust. Nor can we attain to any kind of knowledge, except by a like process. - A.W. Hare and J.C. Hare The first step to all self-knowledge is self-distrust. Nor can we attain any kind of knowledge, except by a like process. - A.W. Hare and J.C. Hare, Guesses at Truth (p. 454) Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise. - Heraclitus of Ephesus Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it. - George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. - Hermann Hesse One cannot know everything. [Lat., Nec scire fas est omnia.] - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Carmina (IV, 4, 22) If you know anything better than this candidly impart it; if not, use this with me. [Lat., Si quid novisti rectius istis. Candidus imperti, si non, his utere mecum.] - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Epistles (I, 6, 67) If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? - Thomas Henry Huxley, Collected Essays (vol. 3) No one is ever old enough to know better. - Holbrook Jackson Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge. - Holbrook Jackson, Anatomy of Bibliomania (vol. 1) Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwards propagate itself. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature"), Boswell's Life of Johnson A desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature"), Boswell's Life of Johnson (conversation on Saturday, July 30, 1763) Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature"), Rasselas (ch. XIII) All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. - Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal) This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself. [Lat., E coelo descendit nosce te ipsum.] - Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal), Satires (XI, 27) All knowledge, the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog. - Franz Kafka Displaying page 5 of 10 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8 9 10
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