Quote by Thomas Malthus
I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foun

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. – Thomas Malthus

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I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food. – Thomas Malthus

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Food
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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known. – Thomas Malthus

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Equality
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The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice. – Thomas Malthus

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power
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Knowledge
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. – Plato

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Knowledge

His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Knowledge

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. – George Boole

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Knowledge

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The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible. – Marquis De Custine

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I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem? – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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