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knowledge men order
Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a little; and wherever they have been taught to acquire some knowledge in order to please others, they have most generally gone on to acquire more, to please themselves. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge simplicity complicated
The further we advance in knowledge, the more simplicity shall we discover in those primary rules that regulate all the apparently endless, complicated, and multiform operations of the Godhead.
knowledge class ferns
In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class.
knowledge performances pretension
The highest knowledge can be nothing more than the shortest and clearest road to truth; all the rest is pretension, not performance, mere verbiage and grandiloquence, from which we can learn nothing.
knowledge discovery views
It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves.
knowledge pay despise
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
knowledge perfect brain
The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.
knowledge science two
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.
knowledge world lifts
Let no knowledge satisfy but that which lifts above the world, which weans from the world, which makes the world a footstool. Charles Spurgeon
gnats people gods-and-goddesses
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. C. S. Lewis
gnats people religion
There are no ordinary people.. it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.
gnats thieves fleas
Towards gnats and fleas we should show no pity. We would do right to hang petty thieves, petty calumniators, and slanderers. Friedrich Nietzsche
gnats people television
Television is a triumph of equipment over people, Fred Allen
sticks excitement sometimes
Sometimes it's hard to know why networks will stick with something. Sometimes the ratings won't happen, but there's excitement at the network, so they'll stay with the show. Beau Bridges
sticks assumption conviction
You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. Denis Waitley
sticks stuff fridges
When I tour, I stuff fridges full of organic food and stick to that. Avril Lavigne
sticks arsenic habit
Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic. Bret Harte
sticks suits wear works
I think everyone evolves over the years, but I have always had the silhouette that I know suits me. I am never going to wear a frothy, poufy thing that sticks out because I have found a style that works for me, and I stick with it. L'Wren Scott
sticks ability reinventing-yourself
If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously. Dennis Quaid
sticks
She grinds. She just sticks to her routine. Natalie Gulbis
sticks what-you-love
Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now. Barbara Sher
sticks like-you more-money
When you create a basic budget and stick to it, it will suddenly seem like you have more money. Dave Ramsey