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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. – Samuel Johnson

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Change
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Samuel Johnson
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. – Samuel Johnson

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Knowledge
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Samuel Johnson
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Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. – Samuel Johnson

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Gambling (Gaming)
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Samuel Johnson
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. – Francis Bacon

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I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad? – Tom Clancy

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If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? – Thomas Henry Huxley

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Knowledge

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry. – Scott Turow

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Knowledge

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Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their childrens education. – Sandra Day OConnor

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But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false? – H. P. Lovecraft

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