Knowledge
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Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind
Knowledge is true opinion
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom
Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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