Knowledge Quotes

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

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"True learning requires the humility to admit what we do not know."
Camilo Castelo Branco
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"O conhecimento sem ação é estéril."
Ramalho Ortigão
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"The most dangerous ignorance is the ignorance of our own ignorance."
Saramago
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"Memory is the treasury of the soul, holding all we have learned."
Luís de Camões
"The pursuit of knowledge is an endless journey, not a destination."
Torquato Tasso
"Knowledge alone without compassion becomes a tool of destruction."
Torquato Tasso
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"Knowledge without compassion is merely the accumulation of words."
Almeida Garrett
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"Knowledge is the ability to see connections others miss; wisdom is using them rightly."
Almeida Garrett
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"Man is condemned to understand more than he can bear."
Eça de Queirós
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"Knowledge without application is merely expensive ignorance."
Eça de Queirós
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"The pursuit of knowledge requires both humility and courage."
Alexandre Herculano
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"To know yourself is to possess the greatest knowledge of all."
Alexandre Herculano
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"The power of knowledge lies not in its possession, but in its application."
Alexandre Herculano
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"I know nothing and understand less."
Fernando Pessoa
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"True knowledge is knowing what we do not know."
Fernando Pessoa
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"Knowledge without compassion is merely tyranny disguised as wisdom."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"Knowledge is the burden of understanding how little we know."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"Knowledge is power."
John Banville
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"Knowledge without character is merely dangerous accumulation."
Eça de Queirós
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"Every person is a library of experiences and stories waiting to be discovered."
Saramago
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the only pursuit that never ends."
Saramago
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"Knowledge is the light that dispels the darkness of ignorance."
Luís de Camões
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"Knowledge without compassion becomes a weapon of oppression."
Luís de Camões
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"The intelligent person is one who can hold contradictory thoughts and still function."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"To know yourself is to be yourself, without illusion."
Fernando Pessoa
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"The greatest invention of the mind is doubt."
Fernando Pessoa
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"Every person contains a library of all they have experienced."
Fernando Pessoa
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"O conhecimento sem aplicação é como uma semente que nunca floresce."
Almeida Garrett
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"O verdadeiro conhecimento nos humilha perante a vastidão do desconhecido."
Almeida Garrett
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"O conhecimento é como o alimento; quanto mais se compartilha, mais cresce."
Almeida Garrett