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|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 /> | |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;">—[[Margaret Mead]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]]</cite> | ||
|02 = '''No man is wise enough by himself.'''<br /> | |02 = '''No man is wise enough by himself.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—[[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 /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—Jackson Brown | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Jackson Brown]], ''Life's Little Instruction Book''</cite> | ||
|04 = '''Knowledge is power.'''<br /> | |04 = '''Knowledge is power.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—[[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite> | ||
|05 = '''Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.'''<br /> | |05 = '''Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—From the [[Panchatantra|Panchatantra]] [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440899/Panchatantra (Indian literature)]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— From the [[Panchatantra|Panchatantra]] [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440899/Panchatantra (Indian literature)]</cite> | ||
|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;">—[[Enrico Fermi]] (1901 - 1954)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901 - 1954)</cite> | ||
|07 = '''The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs.'''<br /> | |07 = '''The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—[[Louis de Bernières]], ''Birds Without Wings''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Louis de Bernières]], ''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;">—[[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 know more than you think you do.'''<br /> | |09 = '''Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—[[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 knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.'''<br /> | |10 = '''If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—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 infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.'''<br /> | |11 = '''A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—[[Kahlil Gibran]]</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Kahlil Gibran]]</cite> | ||
|12 = '''If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.'''<br /> | |12 = '''If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em;">—[[Margaret Fuller]] (1810-1850)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Fuller]] (1810-1850)</cite> | ||
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