Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Wonder is the first step toward knowledge."Daniel Defoe
"To ask a question is to seek knowledge; to answer is to prove your worth."Daniel Defoe
"The mind is a powerful instrument when properly cultivated."Eliza Haywood
"The pursuit of knowledge is never truly finished."Eliza Haywood
"The curious mind never ceases to wonder."Eliza Haywood
"Learning is the most handsome thing in the world."Jonathan Swift
"The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it."Jonathan Swift
"Knowledge is the key to liberty."Aphra Behn
"Seek to understand before seeking to be understood."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Knowledge without action is merely information."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"To know oneself is to understand the passions that drive all human endeavor."Eliza Haywood
"The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write."Samuel Johnson
"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it."Samuel Johnson
"The dignity of mankind rests upon knowledge."Samuel Johnson
"The great monument of the lofty daring of the human mind."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The vast ocean of truth lies all before us undiscovered."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The ocean of truth is infinite, and we are all sailors upon it."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Words are the currency of the mind; spend them wisely."Aphra Behn
"Knowledge without application is mere intellectual vanity."Aphra Behn
"The true method of knowledge is experiment."William Blake
"The Atoms of Democritus And Newtons Particles of light Are sands upon the Red sea of the Blood of the Almighty."William Blake
"What is Good? & what is Evil? none I know but all agree that Ignorance is Evil."William Blake
"How ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Seek knowledge for its own sake, not for power."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"The price of knowledge is eternal vigilance."Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"Knowledge is power if you know it about the right person."Christina Rossetti
"The pathway to enlightenment is paved with questions."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The seeds of great discoveries lie hidden in everyday observations."Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words."Jonathan Swift
"Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found."Jonathan Swift