#edge

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. ↗

— James Madison

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All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#die #helps #know #knowledge #merely

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom. ↗

— Sydney Madwed

#factor #find #focus #get #invest

My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control. ↗

— Hermann Maier

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I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#conditioning #direct #feared #gained #i

It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#events #exclusive #formidable #impediment #knowledge

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge. ↗

— John Major

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I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#always #confirmed #experiment #just #philosophy

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They think the way to do that is to go with a proven quantity, a remake of something you have already seen. That is their mindset. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#bet #everyone #go #hedge #looking