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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. – Plutarch

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Oftentimes the supposed increasers of knowledge have only given a new name, and a worse, to what every body knew before. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge. – John Charles Polanyi

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He that hath knowledge spareth his words. – Francis Bacon

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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. – Carl Sagan

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