Knowledge Quotes

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

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"To read is to travel without leaving one's chair."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The greatest discoveries often come from questioning assumptions."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous accumulation."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The problem with the world is that intelligent people are full of doubts while stupid people are full of confidence."
Stendhal
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"True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words."
George Sand
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"The more we know, the more we feel our ignorance."
Frances Burney
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"The mind grows by what it feeds upon."
Frances Burney
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"To question is to grow."
Frances Burney
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"The prudent avoid the mistakes of fools; the wise learn from the mistakes of prudent men."
Henry Fielding
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"The pursuit of knowledge is an endless journey."
Henry Fielding
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"Knowledge is power when coupled with wisdom."
Henry Fielding
"Wonder is the seed of knowledge."
Daniel Defoe
"The more we know, the more we see our ignorance."
Daniel Defoe
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of truth."
Daniel Defoe
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"The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Ignorance is a frail base for virtue."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The mind is not sex-dependent, and intellectual attainments should not be denied to women."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"It is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from knowledge."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The true foundation of all virtue must be knowledge."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The exercise of reason improves the understanding; not the mere recital of facts."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The very foundation of virtue is knowledge."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"The cultivation of the mind is the noblest of human pursuits."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"There is no such thing as true knowledge without understanding the heart."
Laurence Sterne
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"Memory is the treasure-house of the mind."
Laurence Sterne
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"He who understands the human heart possesses the greatest knowledge."
Laurence Sterne
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"Every question contains within it the seed of its own answer."
Laurence Sterne
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"The greatest wisdom often hides in the smallest observations."
Ann Radcliffe
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"The path to wisdom is paved with honest questions."
Ann Radcliffe
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"A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of talk."
Stendhal