Quotes
Quotes about Knowledge
f Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage,--the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge.
Hereafter, in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.
Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,
Till thou applaud the deed.
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.
Knowledge is power.--Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.
It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.
Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy,
It is not safe to know.
In discourse more sweet;
For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense.
Others apart sat on a hill retir'd,
In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high
Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate,
Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute;
And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.
Thus with the year
Seasons return; but not to me returns
Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn,
Or sight of vernal bloom or summer's rose,
Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine;
But cloud instead, and ever-during dark
Surrounds me; from the cheerful ways of men
Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair
Presented with a universal blank
Of Nature's works, to me expung'd and raz'd,
And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
There taught us how to live; and (oh, too high
The price for knowledge!) taught us how to die.
That virtue only makes our bliss below,
And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
In vain sedate reflections we would make
When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.
Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.
Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him," so it is in travelling,--a man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.
But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page,
Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll;
Chill penury repress'd their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest men, with understanding sufficient for their stations. No duty is at the same time more difficult to fulfil. The knowledge of character possessed by a single individual is of necessity limited. To seek out the best through the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect.
A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.
Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.
Oh, be wiser thou!
Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.
