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That knowledge which is popular is not scientific. - Maria Mitchel

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific. – Maria Mitchell

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I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle. – Maria Mitchell

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alone
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Maria Mitchell
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We travel to learn and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own. – Maria Mitchell

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Travel
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The medieval university looked backwards it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. – Thomas Huxley

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Knowledge

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork. – James Prescott Joule

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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. – Will Durant

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Knowledge

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. – Miguel de Cervantes

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For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men. – Isabel Allende

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It is… axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction. – W. H. Auden

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I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. – Pietro Aretino

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Saying your meal was lovely, despite a slight fear it might kill you in the night. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

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