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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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge pay despise
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it. Charles Caleb Colton
knowledge perfect brain
The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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
answers frost chill
We can no longer let the threat of an early frost send a chill of fear throughout a large portion of our workforce. Diversification is the only answer. Alan Autry
answers want asking
We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew. Perhaps it was so that we would not ask the other questions, the ones whose answers we did not want to know. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
answers demand asks
Why ask a question whose answer would demand ten more questions? David Mitchell
answers might united-states
Will the United States pull the rug on New Zealand? The answer is no. They might polish the lino a bit harder and hope that I execute a rather unseemly glide across it. David Lange
answers would-be why-me
Unfortunately, there's no greater rhyme or reason as to why it would be me. And since there is no answer as to why me, it's not a question I feel really entitled to ask. David Rakoff
answers courageous wonder
Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers. Be open to wonder and at the same time subject all claims to knowledge, without exception, to intense skeptical scrutiny. Be aware of human fallibility. Cherish your species and your planet. Carl Sagan
answers cab definitely driver
There are definitely answers only the cab driver can give us. Stephan Sirard
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There are common building blocks that every parent needs to be successful. There are also common problems that parents face on a daily basis and the class I developed will help give parents the skills they need, answers to problems they face every day and the confidence to use the skills. Toni Schutta
answers based expect experience paradigm people quick realm
We're in a whole new realm of experience here. People expect quick answers based on the paradigm they're used to. But this is not TV. Ricardo Zuniga
may oppression begets
Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself. Charles Dickens
may invention condensation
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve. Charles Caleb Colton
may maintaining conquer
Hannibal knew better how to conquer than how to profit by the conquest; and Napoleon was more skilful in taking positions than in maintaining them. As to reverses, no general cart presume to say that he may not be defeated; but he can, and ought to say, that he will not be surprised. Charles Caleb Colton
may riches talent
From the preponderance of talent, we may always infer the soundness and vigour of the commonwealth; but from the preponderance of riches, its dotage and degeneration. Charles Caleb Colton
may cups bliss
We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved? Charles Caleb Colton
may venture able
As there are none so weak that we may venture to injure them with impunity, so there are none so low that they may not at some time be able to repay an obligation. Therefore, what benevolence would dictate, prudence would confirm. Charles Caleb Colton
may modern poet
Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain. Charles Caleb Colton
may finals tomorrow
To-morrow even may bring the final reckoning. Charles Spurgeon
may certain made
We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to be conspicuous in our lives. Charles Spurgeon