Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"Knowledge was power, but power was also knowledge."Emily Brontë
"The purpose of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to close it on something solid."William Butler Yeats
"All knowledge that is not pursued for its own sake is a kind of cowardice."William Butler Yeats
"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."Charlotte Brontë
"Knowledge is power."Charlotte Brontë
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance."George Bernard Shaw
"I am not young enough to know everything."Oscar Wilde
"The mind that questions is the mind that grows."Anne Brontë
"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of truth itself."Anne Brontë
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is freedom."Emily Brontë
"Knowledge without compassion is merely the accumulation of empty facts."Thomas Hardy
"Ignorance is not bliss; it is just ignorance."George Eliot
"Knowledge and understanding are the greatest gifts we can give"Charles Dickens
"The pursuit of knowledge is noble and eternal"Charles Dickens
"The more we know, the more we discover our ignorance."Anne Brontë
"The pursuit of knowledge is never wasted effort."Anne Brontë
"Knowledge is the eye of desire."Émile Zola
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."Émile Zola
"Knowledge was a surer and a safer friend than many in this world."Charlotte Brontë
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance."George Bernard Shaw
"The possibilities of thought training are practically unlimited."George Bernard Shaw
"Knowledge without compassion is empty and hollow."Emily Brontë
"I have learned more from suffering than from any book or teacher."Emily Brontë
"Experience is the only teacher."Gustave Flaubert
"The test of the first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind and still retain the ability to function."Gustave Flaubert
"The mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals."Gustave Flaubert
"A person is wise in proportion to the number of things he knows."Gustave Flaubert
"There is much to be said for ignorance in moderation."George Eliot
"The thirst for knowledge is the only thirst that never dies."George Eliot
"Wonder is the foundation of all knowledge"Charles Dickens