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"His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world."

William Shenstone on Knowledge

More quotes about Knowledge

  • "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."

    Albert Einstein on Knowledge

  • "Information is not knowledge."

    Albert Einstein on Knowledge

  • "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

    Marcus Garvey on Knowledge

  • "Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be."

    Albert Einstein on Knowledge

  • "Ignorance is the curse of God knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

    William Shakespeare on Knowledge

More quotes by William Shenstone

  • "Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it."

  • "Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world."

  • "Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former."

  • "Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it."

  • "The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate."

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