Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years of study."Desiderius Erasmus
"Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the key that opens it."Desiderius Erasmus
"The printed word is the bridge between minds across centuries."Johannes Gutenberg
"The true scholar seeks wisdom, not mere learning."Thomas More
"What we know is but a drop; what we do not know is an ocean."Thomas More
"There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge."Michel de Montaigne
"Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head."Michel de Montaigne
"The only knowledge worthy of a man is knowledge of human nature."Michel de Montaigne
"To know thyself is to know the universe within."Giordano Bruno
"The painter's eye must be educated as rigorously as the mathematician's mind."Raphael Sanzio
"The hand remembers what the mind forgets."Raphael Sanzio
"To observe is the first step toward understanding; to understand is to create."Raphael Sanzio
"To understand the past is to liberate the future."Raphael Sanzio
"The renown achieved by learning is far superior to all other forms of glory."Desiderius Erasmus
"The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing."Desiderius Erasmus
"The purpose of all learning is self-knowledge."Desiderius Erasmus
"Your library is your paradise."Desiderius Erasmus
"The mind expands only when it dares to be wrong."Niccolò Copernicus
"Every law of nature is a story waiting to be understood."Niccolò Copernicus
"The printed word is the bridge between minds across centuries."Johannes Gutenberg
"The alphabet in metal form is the key to every lock of understanding."Johannes Gutenberg
"Type is the DNA of ideas; paper is the body that carries them forward."Johannes Gutenberg
"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom and the foundation of virtue."Thomas More
"The pursuit of knowledge without ethics is the pursuit of danger."Thomas More
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest adventure available to mankind."Thomas More
"What do I know? This should be my motto."Michel de Montaigne
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known."Michel de Montaigne
"The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance."Michel de Montaigne
"No wisdom can be greater than knowing one's own ignorance."Michel de Montaigne
"When someone is looking for something, it's all he can see, all that he wants to find something, all he has a right to find."Diogenes Laërtius