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A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things that he does not know; and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pendant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition.

Blessed is he who has reached the point of no return and knows it, for he shall enjoy living.

Forecasters tend to learn less and less about more and more, until in the end they know nothing about everything.

From the time we first begin to know, We live and learn, but not the wiser grow.

God will not suffer man to have the knowledge of things to come; for if he had prescience of his prosperity he would be careless; and understanding of his adversity he would be senseless.

Half of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.

Hypotheses multiply so as to fill the gaps in factual knowledge concerning biological phenomena.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know.

If you're confident after you've just finished an exam, it's because you don't know enough to know better.

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory.

It is far easier to know men than to know man.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

Know then thyself; presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

The ancient sage who concocted the maxim, Know Thyself might have added, Don't Tell Anyone!

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is profoundly ignorant.

The last thing one knows is what to put first.