All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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