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Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property ent

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession – a property entirely our own. – Samuel Smiles

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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. – Samuel Smiles

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Failure
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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. – Samuel Smiles

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Labor
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Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. – Samuel Smiles

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

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Knowledge

If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society. – Jean-Francois Lyotard

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Knowledge

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark. – John Jewel

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Knowledge

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another. – Joseph Addison

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That was but a prelude; where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well. – Heinrich Heine, Almansor, 1821 (“Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher v

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The only people that you really have, that I learned, are your family, because they love you no matter what. – Miley Cyrus

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There is a significant difference between a leader and a cheerleader. – Author Unknown

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