Knowledge

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No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching
All men by nature desire to know
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge
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