Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Knowledge of self is the beginning of all wisdom."
Themistocles
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"The mark of true intelligence is the ability to adapt."
Themistocles
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"Ignorance is ruin."
Pericles
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"Knowledge is power that can be used for good or evil."
Pericles
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all pursuits."
Philip II
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"The greatest wealth is wisdom."
Demosthenes
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"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."
Demosthenes
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"Those who resist new knowledge are the true enemies of progress."
Aristarchus
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"To understand our place, we must first move beyond our place."
Aristarchus
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"Each refutation brings us nearer to understanding."
Aristarchus
"The warrior who knows himself wins without fighting; those who don't know themselves lose before battle begins."
Leonidas I
"A warrior's training never ends; each day brings new lessons."
Leonidas I
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"The heavens declare the glory of precision."
Hipparchus
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"What we can measure, we can understand; what we understand, we can improve."
Hipparchus
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"The observer who questions becomes the discoverer."
Hipparchus
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"The heavens are not silent; we simply have not learned to listen."
Hipparchus
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"To measure is to master; to master is to understand."
Hipparchus
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"A single observation, carefully made, is worth more than a thousand careless assumptions."
Hipparchus
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"Every question we ask of nature is answered in the stars."
Hipparchus
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"The path to understanding is lit by the light of careful observation."
Hipparchus
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"What seems random becomes pattern when viewed from the right perspective."
Hipparchus
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"To understand one star is to begin to understand all stars."
Hipparchus
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"What we fail to measure, we fail to understand."
Hipparchus
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"Knowledge is the greatest treasure of all."
Eratosthenes
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"In mathematics, all things are possible."
Eratosthenes
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"In the pursuit of knowledge, there are no shortcuts."
Eratosthenes
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"The map of knowledge is ever-expanding."
Eratosthenes
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"Curiosity is the seed of all progress."
Eratosthenes
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"To neglect learning is to abandon the very thing that makes us human."
Isocrates
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"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions."
Isocrates