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|08 = '''Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.'''<br />
|08 = '''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>
|09 = '''A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.'''<br />
|09 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br />
      <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)</cite>
    <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite>
|10 = '''If you have [[knowledge]], let others light their [[candle]]s in it.'''<br />
|10 = '''If you have [[knowledge]], let others light their [[candle]]s in it.'''<br />
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)</cite>
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)</cite>
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       <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>
|14 = '''Man's [[mind]] stretched to a new [[idea]] never goes back to its original dimensions.'''<br />
|14 = '''Man's [[mind]] stretched to a new [[idea]] never goes back to its original dimensions.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]] (1809–1894)</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)</cite>
|15 = '''He who keeps on reviewing his old [[knowledge]] and acquiring new knowledge may become a [[teacher]] of others.'''<br />
|15 = '''He who keeps on reviewing his old [[knowledge]] and acquiring new knowledge may become a [[teacher]] of others.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]</cite>
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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>
|45 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br />
    <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite>
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Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.
— Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), U.S. author
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