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The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. -

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. – John Locke

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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. – John Locke

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Knowledge
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John Locke
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Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. – John Locke

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Education
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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. – John Locke

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Property
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If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off… no matter what they say. – Barbara McClintock

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So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. Theres just more going on. Its an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing. – Kurt Loder

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Knowledge

The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. – Ike Skelton

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Knowledge

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

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Life grows beautiful flowers over old scars. – Terri Guillemets

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In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage. – Catherine Douzel

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The historian has before him a jigsaw puzzle from which many pieces have disappeared. These gaps can be filled only by his imagination. – Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

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