Quotes About Knowledge

he was not in favor of their acquiring any additional learning, for fear they would fill their minds with ideas unsuited to their station and condition.

Si esprimeva con un tono di tale superiorità che mi tornò in mente l'opinione del maestro Juan Ribero, secondo il quale la vanagloria è prerogativa degli ignoranti; il saggio è umile perché sa di sapere poco.

No daba consejos, porque según su experiencia era una pérdida de tiempo, cada uno comete sus propios errores y aprende de ellos.

Irina could not imagine the courage it took to grow old without becoming too frightened; her knowledge of age

He sensed he learned a lesson, although the precise meaning of that lesson wasn't clear to him.

Algunos eran de una ignorancia monumental, llegaban a la universidad sin poder situar a Chile en un mapa y seguramente tampoco eran capaces de situar su propio país en el mundo: creían que Estados Unidos era el mundo.

El sabio es siempre alegre.

La curiosidad es la madre de todos los pecados, pero también de todas las ciencias.

Mientras más aprendas, más pronto sabrás cuán poco sabes.

La biblioteca está habitada por espíritus que salen de las páginas en las noches.

Quién más sabe, más obligación tiene hacia la humanidad.

El futuro no existe, (...), sólo contamos con el pasado para extraer experiencia y conocimiento, y el presente, que es apenas un chispazo, puesto que en el mismo instante se convierte en ayer.

in the nomadic school proved what Miss Taylor had

A high school teacher for many years, Carme thought education was as important as bread, and that everyone who could read and write had a duty to teach those abilities to others.

con sus ahorros le pagó veinte pesos a un cura para que le enseñara a leer y escribir y con los tres que le sobraron se compró un diccionario. Lo revisó desde la A hasta la Z y luego lo lanzó al mar, porque no era su intención estafar a los clientes con palabras envasadas.

Había aceptado que sabía muy poco y controlaba mucho menos, pero esa incertidumbre ya no lo asustaba.

Elimane had taught the little family to make a point of memorizing the current prices of all sort of commonly needed goods and services; asking the price was essentially announcing your lack of street smarts and pleading to be overcharged.

I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.

I was the girl who was correcting people on the spelling of Led Zeppelin.

I was very good at history, often scoring 99 out of 100, whereas in mathematics, I usually scored zero.

I use zero photography. I have a photographic memory and a complete knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and an interest in grasping the moment of what is happening, not just the outside, but the inside out.

I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.

By the way, I have had zero press training.

Very few societies on Earth developed science as we know it today. On the other hand, the number is not zero - the Greeks, the Chinese, and the Maya did, among others. Once invented, science proved so useful that it spread like mold on a petri dish.