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Quote by Henry Bolingbroke
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to un

The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobodys word about them. – Henry Bolingbroke

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Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. – Henry Bolingbroke

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Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible. – Charles Stanley

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Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession – a property entirely our own. – Samuel Smiles

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Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. – Ralph Cudworth

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