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Quote by Franz Grillparzer
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get f

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail. – Franz Grillparzer

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Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is lifes true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates. – Franz Grillparzer

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Poetry
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Franz Grillparzer
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Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled. – Franz Grillparzer

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Trust
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. – Francis Bacon

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I think its wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them. – Rex Hunt

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Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge. – Ambrose Bierce

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His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. – William Shenstone

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