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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 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 [[knowledge|know]] more than you [[thought|think]] you do.'''<br />
|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 [[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; 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 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; 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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|27 = '''Whereof one cannot [[speech|speak]], thereof one must be [[silence|silent]].'''<br />
|27 = '''Whereof one cannot [[speech|speak]], thereof one must be [[silence|silent]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Ludwig Wittgenstein</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Ludwig Wittgenstein</cite>
|28 = '''[[Word]]s are only [[postage stamp]]s delivering the object for you to unwrap.'''<br />
|28 = '''[[Word]]s are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[George Bernard Shaw]] </cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[George Bernard Shaw]] </cite>
|29 = '''The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.'''<br />
|29 = '''The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.'''<br />
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|30 = '''The more I want to get something done, the less I call it [[work]].'''<br />
|30 = '''The more I want to get something done, the less I call it [[work]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]</cite>
|31 = '''The problem is not how to increase an already large stock of [[information]] but how to increase people’s ability to find useful information, to judge what is reliable and relevant for them at that moment, to make sense of the sometimes conflicting information with which they are faced, and then to engage in communication and discussion when appropriate.'''<br />
    <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/the-masis-report_en.pdf MASIS report] of the European Commission<br /></cite>
|32 = '''It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.'''<br />
|32 = '''It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]<br /></cite>
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|37 = '''Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.'''<br />
|37 = '''Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite>
|38 = '''Words constitute the ultimate texture and stuff of our [[morale|moral being]], since they are the most refined and delicate and detailed, as well as the most universally used and understood, of the [[symbolism]]s whereby we express ourselves into existence.'''<br />
    <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Iris Murdoch]]<br /></cite>
|39 = '''You [[teaching|teach]] best what you most need to [[learning|learn]].'''<br />
|39 = '''You [[teaching|teach]] best what you most need to [[learning|learn]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]<br /> </cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]<br /> </cite>
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|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br />
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Wislawa Szymborska<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Wislawa Szymborska<br />
|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 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br />
|45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br />
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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]]]<br /></cite>
     <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 />

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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
— Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
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