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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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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding. – Francis Bacon

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One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine. – Jean-Francois Lyotard

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What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge – the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it. – Jimmy Wales

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Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. – Blaise Pascal

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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

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