#knowledge

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times. ↗

— Cat Stevens

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All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they've been artists. ↗

— Ruben Studdard

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The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind. ↗

— John Millington Synge

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Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#dies #fails #knowledge #lead #life

I've reached the age of self-knowledge, so I don't know anything. People who claim that they know something are responsible for most of the fuss in the world. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#alone #lead #self-control #self-knowledge #sovereign

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Medical knowledge and technical savvy are biodegradable. The sort of medicine that was practiced in Boston or New York or Atlanta fifty years ago would be as strange to a medical student or intern today as the ceremonial dance of a !Kung San tribe would seem to a rock festival audience in Hackensack. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

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