Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Knowledge multiplies doubt, yet we pursue it still."
Jean Racine
"The true knowledge consists not in knowing many things, but in knowing what is worth knowing."
Charles Baudelaire
"All knowledge worth having is born from passionate curiosity."
Charles Baudelaire
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"The mind's architecture is constructed from the rubble of experience."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Knowledge without wisdom is like a bird with only one wing."
Paul Verlaine
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"A learned fool is a greater fool than an ignorant one."
Molière
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"Knowledge without wisdom is like a ship without a rudder."
Molière
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"I have learned that the deepest truths are often unspoken."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"To know oneself is to know the entire universe within."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
Gérard de Nerval
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"The great secret is not to kill the monster, but to understand it."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Knowledge is power."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Spelling is a way of arresting words and fixing them in space"
Théophile Gautier
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"Words are the coins by which thoughts are exchanged"
Théophile Gautier
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"The mind of a man is like a lamp which seeks out the night"
Théophile Gautier
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"Knowledge is power, but knowledge without action is merely potential"
Théophile Gautier
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"Knowledge is power, but power without compassion is tyranny."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Knowledge is power."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."
Charles Baudelaire
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"Knowledge without wisdom is a dangerous thing, like a sword in the hands of a child."
Paul Verlaine
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"The truest knowledge is the knowledge of our own ignorance."
Paul Verlaine
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"To understand the world, one must first understand oneself."
Gérard de Nerval
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"The quest for truth is more valuable than truth itself."
Gérard de Nerval
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"The greatest wisdom is knowing what we do not know."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Knowledge without vision is merely the accumulation of facts."
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Knowledge pursued without wisdom becomes a prison."
Arthur Rimbaud