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|02 = '''No man is wise enough by himself.'''<br /> | |02 = '''No man is wise enough by himself.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Titus Maccius Plautus]] (254 BC - 184 BC), ''Miles Gloriosus''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Titus Maccius Plautus]] (254 BC - 184 BC), ''Miles Gloriosus''</cite> | ||
|03 = '''Share your | |03 = '''Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Jackson Browne, ''Life's Little Instruction Book''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Jackson Browne, ''Life's Little Instruction Book''</cite> | ||
|04 = '''Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus | |04 = '''Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power).'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite> | ||
|05 = '''Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.'''<br /> | |05 = '''Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.'''<br /> | ||
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|06 = '''It is no good to try to stop [[knowledge]] from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.'''<br /> | |06 = '''It is no good to try to stop [[knowledge]] from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954)</cite> | ||
|08 = '''There is only one good, [[knowledge]], and one evil, ignorance.'''<br /> | |||
|08 = '''There is only one good, [[knowledge]], and one evil, | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Socrates]] (469 BC - 399 BC), ''Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Socrates]] (469 BC - 399 BC), ''Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers''</cite> | ||
|09 = '''Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.'''<br /> | |09 = '''Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Dr. Benjamin Spock (1903–1998)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Dr. Benjamin Spock (1903–1998)</cite> | ||
|11 = '''A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.'''<br /> | |11 = '''A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)</cite> | ||
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|13 = '''A [[word]] after a word after a word is [[power]].'''<br /> | |13 = '''A [[word]] after a word after a word is [[power]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Atwood]] (1939-)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Atwood]] (1939-)</cite> | ||
|14 = ''' | |14 = '''Writing is one of the most effective ways to develop thinking.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Syrene Forsman, ''Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Syrene Forsman, ''Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think''</cite> | ||
|16 = '''Do not [[writing|write]] merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.'''<br /> | |16 = '''Do not [[writing|write]] merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)</cite> | ||
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|24 = '''Good [[prose]] is like a windowpane.'''<br /> | |24 = '''Good [[prose]] is like a windowpane.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— George Orwell (1903–1950) [http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/whyiwrite.htm ''Why I Write'']</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— George Orwell (1903–1950) [http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/whyiwrite.htm ''Why I Write'']</cite> | ||
|25 = '''That which we | |25 = '''That which we know is a little thing; that which we do not know is immense. '''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749–1827), French [[physicist]] and [[Math|mathematician]], systematizer and elaborator of [[probability theory]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749–1827), French [[physicist]] and [[Math|mathematician]], systematizer and elaborator of [[probability theory]]</cite> | ||
|26 = '''I've learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.'''<br /> | |26 = '''I've learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.'''<br /> | ||
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|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and opinion; the former begets [[knowledge]], the latter ignorance.'''<br /> | |44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and opinion; the former begets [[knowledge]], the latter ignorance.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite> | ||
|47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br /> | |47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite> | ||
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|52 = '''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.'''<br /> | |52 = '''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.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mark Twain]]''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mark Twain]]''<br /> | ||
|56 = '''Anything is a legitimate area of investigation.''' | |56 = '''Anything is a legitimate area of investigation.''' | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://deshoda.com/words/truisms/ Truisms]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://deshoda.com/words/truisms/ Truisms]<br /> |
Latest revision as of 11:12, 18 September 2024
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
— Richard Feynman (1918–1988), American physicist
—add a quotation about knowledge or writing