Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"The intellect is a great servant but a terrible master"Ivan Karamazov
"The only true knowledge is in knowing you know nothing."Pierre Bezukhov
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."Pierre Bezukhov
"The greatest discovery is understanding oneself."Pierre Bezukhov
"The proper study of mankind is books."John the Savage
"I've learned more about myself here than I ever wanted to know."Billy Bibbit
"To know and to act are one and the same thing."Pierre Bezukhov
"Everything is known to but a few"Helene Kuragina
"I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot."Holden Caulfield
"You've been taught that there's something called science and something called religion and that they're always in conflict."Mustapha Mond
"The great secret of life is to know that which is eternal and unchanging."Pierre Bezukhov
"The Tralfamadorians are the ones who know what's really going on."Billy Pilgrim
"I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot."Holden Caulfield
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."Pierre Bezukhov
"Lennie's in the brush by the river"George Milton
"We can know only that we know nothing and that is the highest wisdom"Pierre Bezukhov
"This is where we keep the books."Mustapha Mond
"The Party is not interested in the kind of knowledge that leads to power."O'Brien
"What the Party teaches us today, it will unmake tomorrow."Syme
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing"Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
"The more you've read, the less you know anything."Lenina Crowne
"Knowledge without action is useless."Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
"I have a very good vocabulary."Holden Caulfield
"The only true knowledge is in knowing you know nothing."Pierre Bezukhov
"Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have all the answers."Captain Beatty
"That's the real beauty of it - none of them knows anything anymore."Captain Beatty
"I need you to help me understand what I've read."Guy Montag
"Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality."Professor Faber
"It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books."Professor Faber