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|01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of | |01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)</cite> | ||
|02 = '''No man is wise enough by himself.'''<br /> | |02 = '''No man is wise enough by himself.'''<br /> | ||
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|08 = '''There is only one good, [[knowledge]], and one evil, [[ignorance]].'''<br /> | |08 = '''There is only one good, [[knowledge]], and one evil, [[ignorance]].'''<br /> | ||
<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 | |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> | ||
|10 = '''If knowledge can create problems, it is not through | |10 = '''If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Isaac Asimov]] (1920–1992)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Isaac Asimov]] (1920–1992)</cite> | ||
|11 = '''A little | |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> | ||
|12 = '''If you have [[knowledge]], let others light their [[candle]]s in it.'''<br /> | |12 = '''If you have [[knowledge]], let others light their [[candle]]s in it.'''<br /> | ||
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<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mahatma Gandhi]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Mahatma Gandhi]]</cite> | ||
|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;">— | <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 [[knowledge|know]] is a little thing; that which we do not know is immense. '''<br /> | |25 = '''That which we [[knowledge|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> | ||
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<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin Robbins in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin Robbins in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<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 | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite> | ||
|48 = '''What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.'''<br /> | |48 = '''What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Henry David Thoreau]]''<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Henry David Thoreau]]''<br /> |