"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
-Samuel Johnson
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"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.“
-Samuel Johnson
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"Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise."
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
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"The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book."
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"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."
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"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."
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"Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement."
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"We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine."
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"To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."
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"Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity."
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