Quote by Richard Cobden
For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant i

For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure. – Richard Cobden

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I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance – the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace. – Richard Cobden

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Peace
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I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always been associated with the idea of coupling the education of this country with the religious communities which exist. – Richard Cobden

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Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only pain we obey. – Marcel Proust

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We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldnt have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness. – Petra Nemcova

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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it. – Zhuangzi

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Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not. – Carl Jung

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