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Knowledge

«Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife»
«Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.»
Author: Krzysztof Kieslowski | About: Knowledge | Keywords: investigating
«Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.»
«My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going to be scared.»
«My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge»
Author: Bible | About: Knowledge
«Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.»
«Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished»
«Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Knowledge | Keywords: firmly
«Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.»
«Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.»
Author: Proverb | About: Knowledge | Keywords: worse