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The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. - John

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. – John Bright

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The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession. – John Bright

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I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning. – Marvin Minsky

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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could – with 100 per cent certainty – know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were. – Hans Blix

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The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life. – Ernst Mach

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