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It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil. ↗

— James Smithson

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The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#knowledge #larger #longer #wonder

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. ↗

— Socrates

#exists #know #knowing #knowledge #nothing

To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as it has to some extent been mitigated in the past by the unceasing, and as it now appears, unlimited ascent of man to knowledge, and through knowledge to physical power and dominion over Nature. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

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I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#anything #cannot #discussion #enforcement #evil

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things. ↗

— Suzanne Somers

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Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution. ↗

— Sophocles

#makes #men #nothing #pledge #reflection

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth. ↗

— Sophocles

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To deal with the stark reality of having hit or hurt a woman or child, to deal with the initial responsibility you have not to do that and the knowledge you did do it, can be incredibly hard. ↗

— David Soul

#deal #did #hard #having #hit