Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Knowledge without application remains forever trapped in the realm of theory."
James Fenimore Cooper
"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The mind cannot be narrower than nature can make it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Men who know themselves are no longer fools; they stand on the threshold of the real world."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The greatest awakening will occur when people begin to know themselves."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The greatest teacher is now; the greatest subject is yourself."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Every man is a volume if you know how to read him."
Washington Irving
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"The greatest teacher is experience, though wisdom comes from learning its lessons well."
Washington Irving
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"The Brain is wider than the Sky."
Emily Dickinson
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"Truth is the foundation upon which all wisdom must be built."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"Knowledge without imagination is barren."
Edgar Allan Poe
"Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."
Mark Twain
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."
Mark Twain
"Don't let schooling interfere with your education."
Mark Twain
"I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end."
Walt Whitman
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"True knowledge lives in knowing you know nothing."
Herman Melville
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"Knowledge is power."
Herman Melville
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"Few things are universally true or universally false."
Herman Melville
"The pursuit of knowledge is endless; wisdom teaches us when to rest."
James Fenimore Cooper
"The curse of knowledge is the burden of responsibility it brings."
James Fenimore Cooper
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The mind is the effect, not the cause; it is the shadow of an image."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The purpose of existence is the accrual of knowledge."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"The brain is wider than the sky."
Emily Dickinson
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"Knowledge is power, and the pen is mightier than the sword in true combat."
Washington Irving
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"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions."
Washington Irving
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."
Mark Twain
"The man who does not read has no more advantage over the man who cannot read than the man who hears has over the man who is deaf."
Mark Twain
"Don't let schooling interfere with your education."
Mark Twain
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"Knowledge puffs up, but it also illuminates the darkest corners of ignorance."
Herman Melville