Quotes About Knowledge

Esse é o verdadeiro dom das mulheres, ser sábias, e não são muitos os homens que o têm.

Read­ing is use­ful,' Pyrlig said.

Many folk are clever, lord Uhtred, but very few are wise.

without learning, a kingdom is a mere husk of ignorant barbarism.

Druids are not allowed to write anything down, it's against the rules. You know that! Once you write something down it becomes fixed. It becomes dogma. People can argue about it, they become authoritative, they refer to the texts, they produce new manuscripts, they argue more and soon they're putting each other to death. If you never write anything down then no one knows exactly what you said so you can always change it.

intelligence is a weapon that has a sharp edge and a long reach

man raised from the ranks to the officers' mess becomes adept at hiding his ignorance.

The truth cannot be hidden.

but men inspired by prophecy will attempt any foolishness in the knowledge that the fates have ordained their victory.

There was a tremulousness to those days. All Britain waited to hear of Alfred's death, in the certain knowledge that his passing would scatter the runesticks

Era a mulher mais inteligente que já conheci, mas mesmo naquela época, quando praticamente não passava de uma criança, era cheia de uma tristeza nascida dessa inteligência. Sabia demais.

Boredom with established truths is a great enemy of free men.

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them." Shmuel

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Il y a deux sortes de savants : les spécialistes, qui connaissent tout sur rien, et les philosophes, qui ne connaissent rien sur tout.

How can she? She's incapable of understanding anything. Besides, do any of us understand what we are doing? If we did, would we ever do it?

Le monde se divise en deux catégories de gens : ceux qui lisent des livres et ceux qui écoutent ceux qui ont lu des livres.

Dis-lui que les livres ont la puissance que leur accorde leur lecteur et que celle-ci peut être sans fin.

There were some things it was better not to know. They caused metaphysical anguish, for which there was as yet no remedy. When it was worried, the Tribe was inhibited and unable to act. It was very bad for everyone. The Tribe started to produce toxins that poisoned it. Its long-term survival was more important than short-term knowledge of the truth. If an eye had seen something that the brain knew was dangerous for the rest of the organism, it was better for the brain to put out that eye.

Jonathan nu prea È™tia s? dialogheze. Considera c? discuÈ›ia era f?cut? pentru a servi ca vas comunicant. Exist? unul care È™tie ceva, vasul plin, È™i unul care nu È™tie, vasul gol, acesta fiind de obicei chiar el. Cel care nu È™tie e numai urechi È™i aÈ›â?? din când în când râvna interlocutorului prin "?i?", "vorbeÈ™te-mi de asta" È™i miÈ™c?ri din cap.

Any ceremony performed in the absence of reasonable knowledge as to cause and effect is magic.

be a person with knowledge not just opinions

the so-called democratization of reviews means the lowering of standards, and that subject knowledge, history and critical context are at risk of being lost in favour of people who only know how to write in attention-seeking soundbites.

A number of the keepers of knowledge, myself included, put little store in asceticism. How can the spirit soar freely if we keep our bodies in chains?