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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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Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. – Khalil Gibran

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I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn. – Polykarp Kusch

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Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. – Stephen Hawking

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