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The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ign

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. – Benjamin Franklin

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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. – Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin
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We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. – Benjamin Franklin

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respect
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Benjamin Franklin
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But I am just as appalled that my experience, knowledge, dedication and service relative to defending the United States against biological warfare has been turned against me in connection with the search for the anthrax killer. – Steven Hatfill

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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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Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. – Khalil Gibran

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

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