Quote by Joseph Addison
Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person a

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

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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his countrys ruin! – Joseph Addison

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The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. – Joseph Addison

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No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. – Khalil Gibran

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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 is the most democratic source of power. – Alvin Toffler

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