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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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We do but learn today what our better advanced judgements will unteach tomorrow.
— Sir Thomas Browne
—add a quotation about knowledge or writing