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Quote by Laurence Sterne
The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. – Laurence Sterne

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A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything. – Laurence Sterne

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This crisis exposed very significant problems in the financial systems of the United States and some other major economies. Innovation got too far out in front of the knowledge of risk. – Timothy Geithner

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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action. – Friedrich Schiller

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Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out. – Dan Farmer

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