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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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The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. – David Hume

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A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty. – David Hume

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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume

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It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not. – Jeremy Taylor

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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. – Marilyn vos Savant

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Thus, in accordance with the spirit of the Historical School, knowledge of the principles of the human world falls within that world itself, and the human sciences form an independent system. – Wilhelm Dilthey

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A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. – Peter Drucker

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