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The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. – James A. Baldwin

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The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it. – Laurence Sterne

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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations. – Lucy Stone

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