Quotes on knowing

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“We all know that books burn-yet we have the greater knowledge that books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man’s eternal fight against tyranny of every kind. In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The Know-Nothings Are, Unfortunately, Seldom the Do-Nothings

Mignon McLaughlin
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history of this quote “Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the skeptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas’ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!” by Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope
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“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the skeptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas’ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!”

Alexander Pope
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history of this quote “How little do we know that which we are! How less what we may be!” by Lord Byron

Lord Byron
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“How little do we know that which we are! How less what we may be!”

Lord Byron
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history of this quote “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be oneself.” by Michel De Montaigne

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“She does not know what the future holds, but she is grateful for slow and steady growth .” – Morgan Harper Nichols

Morgan Harper Nichols
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“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux
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