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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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. – Joseph Addison

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Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. – Herbert Simon

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Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasnt in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight. – Chuck Yeager

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If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. – Ramakrishna

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The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question whether the Darwinian theory is true. – Phillip E. Johnson

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War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East – through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks. – Ron Silver

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Nature decrees that we do not exceed the speed of light. All other impossibilities are optional. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com