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Quotes About Knowledge

Jon Snow, you know nothing.
~ George R.R. Martin
All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing—but the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.
~ George R.R. Martin
but it is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.
~ George R.R. Martin
The maester smiled...Hush now, child, I'm much older than you. I can....die as I please.
~ George R.R. Martin
IT IS SAID with truth that every building is constructed stone by stone, and the same may be said of knowledge, extracted and compiled by many learned men, each of whom builds upon the works of those who preceded him. What one of them does not know is known to another, and little remains truly unknown if one seeks far enough.
~ George R.R. Martin
A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. Every little girl learns that from her mother.
~ George R.R. Martin
Reading books again? Books will ruin your sword eye, boy.
~ George R.R. Martin
The world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.
~ George R.R. Martin
How many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have? A thousand eyes and one.
~ George R.R. Martin
What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise!
~ George R.R. Martin
Reading books by candlelight will make you blind." "I need the candlelight to see the words, ser." "Do you want a clout in the ear?
~ George R.R. Martin
Knowledge could be more valuable than gold, more deadly than a dagger.
~ George R.R. Martin
The godswife thought her a child, but children grow, and children learn.
~ George R.R. Martin
Lord Rodrik was seldom seen without a book in hand, be it in the privy, on the deck of his Sea Song, or whilst holding audience. Asha had oft seen him reading on his high seat beneath the silver scythes. He would listen to each case as it was laid before him, pronounce his judgment…and read a bit whilst his captain-of-guards went to bring in the next supplicant.
~ George R.R. Martin
Sleep is good. Books are better.
~ George R.R. Martin
Man's curiosity drives him to seek the answer to every question. But it's the unanswered questions that are the most exciting.
~ George R.R. Martin
A king had best know the names of his enemies, don't you think?
~ George R.R. Martin
Chi legge vive mille vita prima di morire. Chi non legge mai, ne vive solo una.
~ George R.R. Martin
They always seemed to know everything, but now there is only me, and it seems I know nothing, not even my duty. How can I do my duty if I do not know where it lies?" - Catelyn
~ George R.R. Martin
the longer he lived ,the more tyrion realized that nothing was simple and little was true.
~ George R.R. Martin
But prominent families, often forget a simple truth, I've found. Knowledge is power.
~ George R.R. Martin
Sometimes a man knows more than he says.
~ George R.R. Martin
You will never find the eye with your fingers, Bran. You must search with your heart."Jojen studied Bran's face with those strange green eyes. "Or are you afraid?" "Maester Luwin says there's nothing in dreams that a man need fear." "There is," said Jojen. "What?" "The past. The future. The truth.
~ George R.R. Martin
Ein Leser durchlebt tausend Leben, ehe er stirbt", sagte Jojen. "Der Mann, der nie liest, lebt nur sein eigenes.
~ George R.R. Martin