Knowledge Quotes

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

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"Memory is the treasury of the mind."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Knowledge without wisdom is a dangerous tool."
Gérard de Nerval
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"The mind that stops learning has begun to die."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"Knowledge without compassion is merely information."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Knowledge pursued without wisdom leads to arrogance, not enlightenment."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"The pleasure of suddenly understanding a previously misunderstood or an obscure biblical text is very great."
Stendhal
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"An intelligent heart is the first step toward wisdom."
Stendhal
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of freedom."
Stendhal
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"The role of the thinker is to ask essential questions."
George Sand
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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Théophile Gautier
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"In the realm of ideas, all are equal; distinction comes only from execution."
Guy de Maupassant
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"To know oneself is to begin the journey to becoming oneself."
Guy de Maupassant
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"To understand others, one must first understand oneself."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The pursuit of knowledge is never wasted."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is liberation."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The mind will ever be unstable that has only talents to rest on, without character."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The most respectable character, the most useful citizen, is produced when the capacity of the mind is strengthened by exercise."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance."
Henry Fielding
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"Learning never exhausts the mind."
Henry Fielding
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"The mind is the greatest tool."
Henry Fielding
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"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
George Sand
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"Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions."
Frances Burney
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"The mind's greatest need is truth."
Frances Burney
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"Knowledge is power."
Frances Burney
"Knowledge is power."
Daniel Defoe
"A man may be said to attain a very competent knowledge of a language when he understands the words of it."
Daniel Defoe
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"There is a secret magic about numbers."
Laurence Sterne
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"To know oneself is the true beginning of wisdom."
Laurence Sterne