Knowledge Quotes

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

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"To understand one thing is to begin understanding everything."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Knowledge is the only inheritance worth passing to future generations."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Every book burned, every question suppressed, every thinker imprisoned weakens society."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The study of mathematics is like climbing a mountain; the higher you go, the smaller you appear to those below."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Knowledge without wisdom is like a tree without fruit."
Jean d'Alembert
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"What we know is less than what we have yet to learn."
Jean d'Alembert
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"The mind is like a blank slate upon which experience writes its lessons."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"Reflection upon our sensations gives birth to reason and understanding."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"Memory is the bridge between sensation and reason that permits understanding."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The development of reason is the development of our ability to question our sensations."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The unity of knowledge comes from tracing all ideas back to their sensory origins."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"I wish I were a great mathematician, but alas, I am not."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"I have made it a rule to approach all knowledge without preconceived ideas."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"The pursuit of knowledge is a noble endeavor that should never cease."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"The human mind is capable of extraordinary things when it is properly cultivated."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"The greatest discoveries come from asking questions and seeking answers."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"The mind that questions everything is the mind that grows."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"One must learn to see the universe through the lens of mathematics."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"I have spent my life translating the language of the heavens into human understanding."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"To understand motion is to understand existence itself."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Complexity, properly understood, reveals an underlying simplicity."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Science is not the accumulation of facts, but the discovery of principles."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The mind, like the body, requires proper nourishment and exercise."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Memory is the treasury of the mind."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all pursuits."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Learning is a lifelong journey without end."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is mastery."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"The most terrible of all tyrants is ignorance."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Man's greatest enemy is his own ignorance."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach