It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
Mark Twain
Tag Archives: Knowledge
Humble learning
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Teach thy tongue to say, “I do not know,” and thous shalt progress.
Maimonides
Be humble
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If you don’t know the answer, be humble and acknowledge it. Humbleness leads you to knowledge, knowledge to wisdom, and wisdom to success.
Douglas Verli
Share your knowledge
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If you have knowledge,let others light their candles in it.
Margaret Fuller
Aquiring knowledge
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Knowledge must be burned, hammered, and beaten like pure gold. Then one can wear it as an ornament.
Tibetan Scripture
Simplify
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.
Martin Fischer
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A lot to learn
If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.
Lord Chesterfield
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Start young
If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.
Lord Chesterfield
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Knowing yourself
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
Confucius
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A purpose of existence
You must have one great purpose of existence. To make your talents and your knowledge most beneficial to your country and most useful to mankind.
John Quincy Adams
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