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Knowledge

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. – Charles Caleb Colton

Zeal will do more than knowledge. – William Hazlitt

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. – James Thurber

Wonder is the desire for knowledge. – Thomas Aquinas

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. – Arthur Conan Doyle

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. – Arthur Conan Doyle

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. – John Locke

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid. – Quentin Tarantino

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative. – William S. Burroughs

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent. – Vine Deloria, Jr.

The universal Mind contains all knowledge. It is the potential ultimate of all things. To it, all things are possible. – Ernest Holmes

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service. – Sonny Perdue

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. – Eric Hoffer

Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. – Josh Billings

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom. – Will Durant

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even… knowledge, was foolproof. – J. K. Rowling

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. – William Penn

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. – Charles Caleb Colton

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. – Charles Caleb Colton