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We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge. – George F. Will
We know not of the future, and cannot plan for it much. But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be whenever and wherever the hour stricks that calls to noble action..., No man becomes suddenly different from his habit and cherished thought. – Joshua L. Chamberlain, General Commander 20th Maine, Union Forces,
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits. – W. Somerset Maugham
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies. – George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004
We know that the world is not resting on the horn of a bull; we also know that it rests on the horn of lies! – Mehmet Murat ildan
We know that this mad dog of the Middle East has a goal of a world revolution. (On Muammar Qaddafi of Libya) – Ronald Reagan
We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it. – French Proverb
We know too much and feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs. – Bertrand Russell
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. – T. S. Eliot
We know truth, not only by reason, but also by the heart. – Blaise Pascal
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. – Bertrand Russell
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions. – Isaac Bashevis Singer
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. – Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men married them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better. – Native American
We know what we are, but know not what we may be. – William Shakespeare
We know what we are, but not what we may be. – William Shakespeare
We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies--in the minds of those closest to the work. It's been there in front of our noses all along while we've been running around chasing robots and reading books on how to become Japanese--or at least manage like them. – John F. Welch
We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. – C. S. Lewis
We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it or worse, they might. – Mignon McLaughlin
We learn a lot from our own mistakes, experience worth. – Foodi S. M.
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it. – Sharon Salzberg
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. – George Bernard Shaw
We learn from history that we do not learn from history. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. – Lloyd Alexander
We learn more when we hate than when we love, because hate is eternally awake, but love is everlastingly asleep. – Mehmet Murat ildan

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