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Quote by David Hume
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. – David Hume

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Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. – David Hume

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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. – David Hume

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Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. – David Hume

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Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. – Roger Bacon

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In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that its more dangerous to lose than to win. – George Bernard Shaw

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I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, Id be so happy. – Ellie Goulding

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As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families. – William Glasser

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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. – James Madison

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People count the faults of those who keep them waiting. – Proverb

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A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change. – Katharine Butler Hathaway

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