“Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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We may take it to be the
“We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order.”
— Asa Gray
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Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy
“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”
— Will Durant
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Harvard is first and foremost a university
“Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia.”
— William Kirby
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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.
“Lack of knowledge… that is the problem.”
— W. Edwards Deming
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As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
“As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.”
— Charles Morgan
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For the progress of scientific knowledge will
“For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure.”
— Richard Cobden
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A quest for knowledge is not a
“A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical.”
— Conrad Black
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If no other knowledge deserves to be
“If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.”
— Thomas Bulfinch
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For example, I spent a lot of
“For example, I spent a lot of time with Reagan, both before he ran for governor and when he was running for president. As a print reporter without the cameras, I was able to really test the quality of their minds and their knowledge base.”
— Robert Scheer
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more
“The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.”
— Henry Ward Beecher
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