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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. – William Penn

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The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. – William Penn

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Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. – William Penn

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Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter. – Jonathan Dimbleby

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Knowledge

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals. – John Buchanan Robinson

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The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter. – Wilhelm Dilthey

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Cowardice… is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination. – Ernest Hemingway

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Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect. – Emily Blunt

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