Knowledge Quotes - Page 24
"A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern". Book by Tryon Edwards, 1908.
Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.263, Barnes & Noble Publishing
"Humanity will survive information deluge - Sir Arthur C Clarke" by Nalaka Gunawardene, OneWorld South Asia, December 5, 2003.
Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.38, Courier Corporation
It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
William Ellery Channing (1840). “Lectures on the elevation of the labouring portion of the community”, p.25
Thomas Hobbes, Thucydides, Homer (1839). “The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury”, p.7
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
Many Inventions "The Finest Story in the World" (1893)
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
Joseph Addison (1794). “Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality”, p.230
"De Divisione Naturae", Bk. 1, ch. 69; translation by I. P. Sheldon-Williams, sited from "A History of Twelfth-Century Western Philosophy" edited by Peter Dronke, Cambridge: CUP, (p. 2), 1988.
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.
"Sprüche in Prosa". "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", pp. 419-423, 1922.
Henry Ford (1922). “Ford Ideals: Being a Selection from "Mr. Ford's Page" in The Dearborn Independent”
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.38, Simon and Schuster
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.317, e-artnow
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.150, Penguin