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