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Quotes About Knowledge

Well, Fredde has all the best there at that school, all the
~ Anthony Doerr
Antiquity was invented to be the bread of librarians and schoolmasters.
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know why those librarians read the old stories to you," Rex says. "Because if it's told well enough, for as long as the story lasts, you get to slip the trap.
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He says there are sixty-five million specimens in this place, and if you have the right teacher, each can be as interesting as the last.
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So many words! It would take seven lifetimes to learn them all.
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Have I told you kids what Aethon means?" They shake their heads; he writes ????? across an entire sheet of paper. "Blazing," he says. "Burning, fiery. Some say it can mean hungry too.
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And in our tale of Noah and the ship of books, can you guess what is the flood?" She shakes her head. "Time. Day after day, year after year, time wipes the old books from the world. The manuscript you brought us before? That was written by Aelian, a learned man who lived at the time of the Caesars. For it to reach us in this room, in this hour, the lines within it had to survive a dozen centuries. A scribe had to copy it, and a second
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La lógica, la razón y la ciencia pura son las tres vías apropiadas, insiste Aronnax, para aproximarse al misterio.
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You needn't have it memorized, dear. That's what the library is for.
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In much wisdom is much sorrow, and in ignorance is much wisdom."]·
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In much wisdom is much sorrow, and in ignorance is much wisdom.
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GUARDIAN #2: Though it will seem simple at first, it's actually quite complicated. GUARDIAN #1: No, no, it will seem complicated at first, but it's actually quite simple. GUARDIAN #2: Ready, little crow? Here's our riddle. "He that knows all that Learning ever writ, knows only this.
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He that knows all that Learning ever writ, knows only this—that he knows nothing yet.' "]·
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Staro?ytno?? wymy?lono, by by?a chlebem bibliotekarzy i nauczycieli.
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Rozgotuj do samych koÅ›ci sÅ'owa, które ju? znasz, a zwykle na dnie garnka znajdziesz wpatrzone w ciebie oczy staro?ytnych.
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Did you know," says Marie-Laure, "that the chance of being hit by lightning is one in one million? Dr. Geffard taught me that." "In one year or in one lifetime?" "I'm not sure." "You should have asked.
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Boil the words you already know down to their bones," Rex says, "and usually you find the ancients sitting there at the bottom of the pot, staring back up.
~ Anthony Doerr
Did you know," says Marie-Laure, "that the chance of being hit by lightning is one in one million? Dr. Geffard taught me that." "In one year or in one lifetime?" "I'm not sure." "You should have asked.
~ Anthony Doerr
A ciência, meu rapaz, é construída com erros, mas são erros úteis, porque levam, pouco a pouco, até à verdade.
~ Anthony Doerr
He that knows all that Learning ever writ, knows only this -- that he knows nothing yet.
~ Anthony Doerr
Boil the words you already know down to their bones and usually you will find the ancients sitting there at the bottom of the pot, staring back up.
~ Anthony Doerr
Firelit rooms lined with books - these are the places in which important things happen.
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I've flung a fly myself, he continues. I'm still learning it. I suppose we're all still learning. You learn and learn and then you die and you haven't learned half of it.
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To discover fossils, he told himself, was to reclaim answers to important questions.
~ Anthony Doerr