Knowledge Quotes

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

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"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of endeavors"
Charles Dickens
"Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character."
Émile Zola
"The moment we stop questioning is the moment we stop growing."
Émile Zola
"The mind is like a garden; it must be cultivated."
Émile Zola
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"The pursuit of knowledge should be the object of my life."
Alexandre Dumas
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"You cannot become rich by the accumulation of money, only by the accumulation of knowledge."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Knowledge is power, but character is greater."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Knowledge is power but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
Honoré de Balzac
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"The greatest discoveries come from humble curiosity."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Knowledge was white and light and blazing; it was power and beauty."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Knowledge is power, said someone to knowledge."
Victor Hugo
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"The infinite is the favourite study of every powerful mind."
Victor Hugo
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"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who steers without rudder and compass."
Victor Hugo
"One must always think of everything."
Gustave Flaubert
"To understand is to perceive patterns."
Gustave Flaubert
"Knowledge without application is merely theory."
Gustave Flaubert
"The pursuit of knowledge is humanity's noblest endeavor."
Émile Zola
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"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."
Alexandre Dumas
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"Knowledge without action is merely entertainment."
Alexandre Dumas
"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge."
Mary Shelley
"There is a sublime pleasure in the science of the stars."
Mary Shelley
"My thirst for knowledge has always been my greatest motivation."
Mary Shelley
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"Knowledge is power, but not in the way many suppose."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Knowledge multiplies possibility."
Charlotte Brontë
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"Memory is the treasury of the poor."
Charles Dickens
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"The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions."
Charles Dickens
"The power to observe is the greatest gift a writer can possess."
Émile Zola
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."
Émile Zola
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"The effort required to understand the universe is one of the only things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce."
Honoré de Balzac
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"True genius is the ability to turn complex thoughts into simple truths."
Honoré de Balzac