Knowledge Quotes

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

31147 quotes

"To understand others, first understand yourself."
Giovanni Boccaccio
"Knowledge without compassion becomes mere arrogance."
Giovanni Boccaccio
"Knowledge without virtue is merely the accumulation of dust."
Francesco Petrarca
"The scholar's burden is to know much and understand more."
Francesco Petrarca
"The pursuit of knowledge is the only pursuit that never ends."
Francesco Petrarca
"The scholar's gift is making the ancient relevant to the present."
Francesco Petrarca
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"A wise man makes his own decisions; an ignorant man follows public opinion."
Niccolò Machiavelli
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"To understand power, one must observe it rather than read about it."
Niccolò Machiavelli
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest adventure the human spirit can undertake."
Torquato Tasso
"The mind that ceases to question has begun to decay."
Giovanni Boccaccio
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"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is its proper use."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"The pursuit of knowledge requires the humility to admit what we do not know."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"The greatest discoveries come to those who question what others accept without thought."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Knowledge multiplies as we share it; hoarded, it grows stale."
Ludovico Ariosto
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"Man's greatest enemy is ignorance."
Alexandre Herculano
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"Knowledge is power."
Alexandre Herculano
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"In reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself."
Petrarch
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"Knowledge without love is like a light without heat."
Petrarch
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"The true university of these days is a collection of books."
Petrarch
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"O conhecimento adquirido sem ação é como uma árvore sem frutos."
Ramalho Ortigão
R
"O conhecimento é poder, mas apenas se bem utilizado."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"O conhecimento sem humanidade é como uma espada nas mãos de um louco."
Camilo Castelo Branco
"Knowledge without love is like a lamp without oil—it cannot illuminate."
Francesco Petrarca
"In the garden of knowledge, even the smallest seed can grow into mighty understanding."
Torquato Tasso
"The true measure of education is not what we know, but what we become."
Torquato Tasso
"The pursuit of knowledge without virtue leads to destruction."
Torquato Tasso
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"O conhecimento sem sabedoria é perigoso."
Almeida Garrett
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"O conhecimento é infinito e sempre cresce."
Almeida Garrett
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"Ignorance is not innocence; it is the absence of courage to seek truth."
Alexandre Herculano
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"The scholar's task is to separate wheat from chaff, truth from legend."
Alexandre Herculano