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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. (Quote by - Socrates)

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)

He that has more knowledge than judgement, is made for another man's use more than his own. (Quote by - William Penn)

Nor do I know what is become Of him, more than the Pope of Rome. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)

The last thing one knows is what to put first. (Quote by - Pascal)

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not. (Quote by - Jeremy Taylor)

God will not suffer man to have the knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity he would be careless; and understanding of his adversity he would be senseless. (Quote by - St. Augustine)

Hypotheses multiply so as to fill the gaps in factual knowledge concerning biological phenomena. (Quote by - James D. Regan)

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. (Quote by - Thales)

Blessed is he who has reached the point of no return and knows it, for he shall enjoy living. (Quote by - W. C. Bennett)

Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful man can lead without wisdom. (Quote by - Mark B. Cohen)

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. (Quote by - Bible)

If you're confident after you've just finished an exam, it's because you don't know enough to know better. (Quote by - Jay Weisman)

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. (Quote by - James Thurber)

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. (Quote by - Alfred North Whitehead)

Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.(Quote by - Marcus Tullius Cicero)

What is all Knowledge too but recorded Experience, and a product of History; of which, therefore, Reasoning and Belief, no less than Action and Passion, are essential materials? (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)

Yet all that I have learn'd (hugh toyles now past) By long experience, and in famous schooles, Is but to know my ignorance at last, Who think themselves most wise are greatest fools. (Quote by - William Alexander, Earl of Stirling)

If a man's faith is unstable and his peace of mind troubled, his knowledge will not be perfect.. (Quote by - Dhammapada)

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. (Quote by - Chinese Proverb)

There are things on heaven and earth, Horatio, Man was not meant to know. (Quote by - Hamlet)

But thou, O daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. (Quote by - Bible)

If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (Quote by - Charles C. Abbott)

There's lots of people--this town wouldn't hold them; Who don't know much excepting what's told them. (Quote by - Will Carleton)

From the time we first begin to know, We live and learn, but not the wiser grow. (Quote by - Pomfret)

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