Knowledge Quotes

From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.

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"There's no fear of the dark for people who read."
Professor Faber
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"When you take a man's life through knowledge, he's no longer his real self any more."
Captain Beatty
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"Some kinds of knowledge must not be acquired, however great the temptation."
O'Brien
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"To understand another is to understand yourself a little better."
Lee
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"Every man has the right to use his mind to its full capacity."
Lee
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"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
Lee
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"His specs—use them as burning glass!"
Jack Merridew
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"The most you can hope for is some knowledge of yourself."
Marlow
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"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous folly"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"All that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest human wisdom"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"There is a wisdom in this world which is not of books"
Marlow
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"The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine."
Victor Frankenstein
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"Increase of knowledge only increased the increase of sorrow."
Victor Frankenstein
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"I am reading that accursed volume, the Cornelius Agrippa."
Victor Frankenstein
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"The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself."
Marlow
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"If I hadn't spent so much time studying Earthlings, I wouldn't have any idea how to operate in a human world."
Tralfamadorian
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"The world was to me a secret which I desired to divulge"
Victor Frankenstein
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"The study of mathematics is apt to produce a want of faith in the invisible world"
Victor Frankenstein
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"The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself."
Marlow
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"The mind of man is capable of comprehending many mysteries."
Van Helsing
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"You can't understand a man like that unless you can understand his world."
Marlow
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"The most you can expect is some knowledge of yourself."
Marlow
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"His specs—use them as a burning glass!"
Jack Merridew
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"Life is scientific."
Piggy
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"There are mysteries which men can only guess at."
Van Helsing
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"Learn from me how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge."
Victor Frankenstein
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"From your later writings I perceive the greatest exertions of single men."
The Creature
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"I lived for some time in this state of blissful ignorance."
The Creature
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"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge."
Victor Frankenstein
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"The world to me was a secret which I desired to divine."
The Creature