Quotes with know-nothings

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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Claude Bernard It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning.
    Claude Bernard
    French physiologist (1813 - 1878)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed ''Wisdom.'' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: ''Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.''
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Thomas Fuller Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison Result! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Denis Diderot The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • Simone Weil The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Robert M. Pirsig The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.
    Robert M. Pirsig
    American writer and philosopher (1928 - 2017)
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  • Denis Diderot The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.
    Denis Diderot
    French philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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  • Britt Daniel There are so many songs out there in the world that - if I know we have to come up with a new cover, then I'll just sit in my room and sing song after song and figure out which one I can kind of sing the best.
    Britt Daniel
    American musician (1971 - )
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  • Ambrose Bierce There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Donald Trump Watch, listen and learn. You can't know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.
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    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Pablo Picasso We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • Simone Weil We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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