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Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of

Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion. – Albert J. Nock

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In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact. – Jean Piaget

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We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt. – Franz Kafka

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It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill. – Wilbur Wright

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Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten. – Albert J. Nock

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