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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 />

Revision as of 19:04, 31 May 2024

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.
— Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)
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