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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> | ||
|07 = '''The | |07 = '''The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Louis de Bernières]] (b. 1954), ''Birds Without Wings''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Louis de Bernières]] (b. 1954), ''Birds Without Wings''</cite> | ||
|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 = ''' | |09 = '''Trust yourself. You [[knowledge|know]] more than you [[thought|think]] you do.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Benjamin Spock|Dr. Benjamin Spock]] (1903–1998)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Benjamin Spock|Dr. Benjamin Spock]] (1903–1998)</cite> | ||
|10 = '''If | |10 = '''If knowledge can create [[problem]]s, 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 [[knowledge]] that acts is worth [[infinity|infinitely]] more than much knowledge that is idle.'''<br /> | |11 = '''A little [[knowledge]] that acts is worth [[infinity|infinitely]] more than much knowledge that is idle.'''<br /> | ||
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Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
— Wislawa Szymborska
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