Knowledge Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about knowledge.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Nothing is well known except through experience.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The crocodiles shed tears when they devour their victims. That is their wisdom.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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I have preferred to study books rather than men.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The discoveries already achieved are due to chance and common experience rather than to science.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Nothing induces a man to suspect much like knowing little.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Little science often keeps one away from God, and much science always leads to Him.

James Baldwin

James Baldwin

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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never stopped imitating them.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Jaime Luciano Balmes

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The act of reading is like food; the benefit is not in proportion to what is consumed, but to what is digested.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Jaime Luciano Balmes

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One should read a lot, but not many books; this is an excellent rule.