Knowledge Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about knowledge.

John Locke

John Locke

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The only defense against the world is a perfect knowledge of it.

Simone Weil

Simone Weil

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When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is a door.

Herbert George Wells

Herbert George Wells

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There is no intelligence where there is no change or need for change.

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

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The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it's not open.

Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Intelligence consists not only in knowledge but also in the skill of applying knowledge in practice.

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

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A subtle erroneous thought can lead to a fruitful inquiry that reveals truths of great value.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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While we admire and exalt the faculties of human intelligence, we forget to seek its true collaborators.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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Freedom consists, first and foremost, in not lying. Wherever lies proliferate, tyranny is announced or perpetuated.

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

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He who reads a lot and travels a lot, sees a lot and knows a lot.

Georges Duhamel

Georges Duhamel

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When you read a book with a certain state of mind, you only find interpretations of that state.