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|01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | |01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|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 | |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 [[knowledge]]. It's a way to achieve [[immortality]].'''<br /> | |03 = '''Share your [[knowledge]]. It's a way to achieve [[immortality]].'''<br /> | ||
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|10 = '''If knowledge can create [[problem]]s, it is not through [[ignorance]] that we can solve them.'''<br /> | |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 | |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;">— Anonymous, attributed to [[Isaac Asimov]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Anonymous, attributed to [[Isaac Asimov]]<br /> | ||
}}<br> | }}<br> | ||
—<small>''[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki | —<small>''[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Quote add a quotation about knowledge or writing]''</small> | ||
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Words constitute the ultimate texture and stuff of our moral being, since they are the most refined and delicate and detailed, as well as the most universally used and understood, of the symbolisms whereby we express ourselves into existence.
— Iris Murdoch
—add a quotation about knowledge or writing