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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. – Francis Bacon

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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. – Francis Bacon

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That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain. – Francis Bacon

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Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power. – Horace Mann

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I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. – Jesse Ventura

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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. – Plato

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Knowledge is true opinion. – Plato

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