Quotes about knowledge

"The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given -- all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others."

Maitland, Frederic William on knowledge   

"It is disgraceful to live as a stranger in one's country, and be an alien in any matter that affects our welfare."

Manutius on knowledge   

"An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it."

Michener, James A. on knowledge   

"He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that."

Mill, John Stuart on knowledge
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"Sin, guilt, neurosis --they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge."

Miller, Henry on knowledge
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"The knowledge of God is far from the love of Him."

Miller, Keith on knowledge   

"A knowledge of men is the prime secret of business success."

Mills, Darius Ogden on knowledge   

"The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and imitate Him."

Milton, John on knowledge
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"Without knowledge, life is not more than the shadow of death."

Moliere on knowledge   

"Oh how fine it is to know a thing or two!"

Moliere on knowledge   

"The use of knowledge in our sex (beside the amusement of solitude) is to moderate the passions and learn to be contented with a small expense, which are the certain effects of a studious life and, it may be, preferable even to that fame which men have engrossed to themselves and will not suffer us to share."

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley on knowledge   

"I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on knowledge   

"It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn, and to arrange what we know."

More, Hannah on knowledge   

"Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self-denial that goes into the acquisition of it."

Morely, John on knowledge   

"There are things known, and there are things unknown. And in between are the doors."

Morrison, Jim on knowledge
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"When a person acts without knowledge of what he thinks, feels, needs or wants, he does not yet have the option of choosing to act differently."

Moustakas, Clark on knowledge   

"Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who do."

Mueller, Robert K. on knowledge
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"Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person"

Mumford, Ethel Watts on knowledge   

"Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more."

Munro, Hector Hugh on knowledge   

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"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned."

Nerval, Gerard De on knowledge   

"We have no organ at all for knowledge, for truth: we know (or believe or imagine) precisely as much as may be useful in the interest of the human herd, the species: and even what is here called usefulness is in the end only a belief, something imagined and perhaps precisely that most fatal piece of stupidity by which we shall one day perish."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on knowledge   

"Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on knowledge
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"And all your future lies beneath your hat."

Oldham, John on knowledge   

"What's scary in life is not what people know (or don't know), but what they know that ain't so."

Paige, Leroy ''Satchel'' on knowledge   

"Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise."

Penn, William on knowledge   

"Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth."

Picabia, Francis on knowledge   

"Far better is it to know everything of a little than a little of everything."

Pickering on knowledge   

"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."

Plato on knowledge
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"Who knows most believes least."

Proverb on knowledge
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"When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding."

Proverb, Chinese on knowledge   

"He who knows little quickly tells it."

Proverb, Italian on knowledge   

"He who does not know one thing knows another"

Proverb, Kenyan on knowledge   

"Every animal knows more than you do."

Proverb, Native American on knowledge   

"It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it."

Proverb, Persian on knowledge   

"Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men."

Proverb, Spanish on knowledge
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"Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about."

Rembrandt (Harmenszoon van Rijn) on knowledge   

"Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge."

Rimbaud, Arthur on knowledge   

"It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know."

Robbins, Anthony on knowledge   

"A superficial knowledge is not enough. It must be a knowledge capable of analyzing a situation quickly and making an immediate decision."

Robert, Cavett on knowledge   

"We are drowning in information and starving for knowledge."

Roger, Rutherford D. on knowledge