knowledge Quotes

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the 'Pilgrim's Progress,' my first collection was of John Bunyan's works in separate little volumes.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.