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Classical antiquity6 quotes

All men by nature desire to know. — Aristotle · 322 BC In truth we know nothing, for truth lies in the depth. — Democritus · 240 The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing. — Herodotus · 430 BC Let us now suppose that in the mind of each man there is an aviary of all sorts of birds-some flocking together apart from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary, flying anywhere and everywhere... We may suppose that the birds are kinds of knowledge, and that when we were children, the receptacle was empty; whenever a man has gotten and detained in the enclosure a kind of knowledge, he may be said to have learned or discovered the thing which is the subject of the knowledge: and this is to know. — Socrates · 369 BC The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. — Archilochus · 600 BC It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. — Seneca · 65

The Renaissance4 quotes

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. — William Shakespeare · 1616 For knowledge itself is a power whereby he knoweth. — Francis Bacon · 1605 Knowledge...not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man’s estate. — Francis Bacon · 1605 For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself. — Francis Bacon · 1605

Age of Enlightenment1 quote

Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651

Ancient World1 quote

When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil. — Lao Tzu · 400 BC

Old Testament Era1 quote

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. — Ecclesiastes 1:18 · 931 BC