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Quote by William Cowper
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more. – William Cowper

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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. – William Cowper

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For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. – Roger Bacon

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The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of vices, of the end of this life, and of the life to come. – John Jewel

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I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. – Ella Maillart

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A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind. – Henry Mayhew

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