Quotes About Knowledge

So he found that what he had half despised was not despicable, that what had been for him the satisfaction of an appetite, a pleasant but commonplace adventure in disappointment, owned wayward and elusive depths he had not known before, and carried the knowledge of beauty in its heart.

Far better now if he had never known. The knowledge served no purpose but to destroy what was left of his peace of mind.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations

I love to learn but I do not want to be taught

He spoke with more eloquence than wisdom.

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one.

imagination without deep and full knowledge is a snare

And then perhaps in the evenings a real love of learning would come to those who were worthy—and why try to stuff it into those who are not?—and knowledge and thought would open the 'magic casements' of the mind.

Those who do not learn from History are condemned to repeat it.

The Christian Church became the sole sanctuary of learning and knowledge.

It was not, however, knowledge that was lacking, but the collective will-power to turn it to account.

I think it is desirable that persons concerned with the administration of justice should carefully acquaint themselves with the nature and character of any punishments which they may be authorised to order.

The great impediment to action is not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory to action.'—PERICLES.

But any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

Leggere libri è il gioco più bello che l'umanità abbia inventato.

Tuve yo razón. Pero la razón no da fruto. Y estas son mis vestimentas chamuscadas por el fuego. Y estos son mis trebejos de vidente. Y este es mi rostro desfigurado. Un rostro que pudo ser hermoso y no lo supo.

We read the letters of the dead like helpless gods, but gods nonetheless, since we know the dates that follow. We know which debts will never be repaid.

But they know about us, they know, the four corners, and the chairs nearby us. Discerning shadows also know, and even the table keeps quiet.

Istnieje gatunek zjawisk, których d?entelmen nie mo?e zna? z tej przyczyny, ?e gdyby je poznaÅ', przestaÅ'by by? d?entelmenem.

Quién de nosotros sabría admirar a los grandes genios, si en la escuela no se le hubiese puesto bien en la cabeza que son grandes genios?

Niemcy przyjechali z Opatowa — rzeczywiÅ›cie wida? byÅ'o ludzi przed stajniÄ… — i, ju? apoplektyczny, popÄ™dziÅ', za nim ?ona, za nimi Fryderyk, który myÅ›laÅ' mo?e, ?e bÄ™dzie mógÅ' siÄ™ przyda?, znajÄ…c dobrze niemiecki.

It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how music should be played.