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|04 = '''Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus [[knowledge]] itself is [[power]]).'''<br />
|04 = '''Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus [[knowledge]] itself is [[power]]).'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite>
|05 = '''[[Knowledge]] is the true [[organ (biology)|organ]] of [[sight]], not the [[eye]]s.'''<br />
|05 = '''Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.'''<br />
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— From the [[Panchatantra]] [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440899/Panchatantra (Indian literature)]</cite>
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— From the ''Panchatantra'' [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440899/Panchatantra (Indian literature)]</cite>
|06 = '''It is no good to try to stop [[knowledge]] from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.'''<br />
|06 = '''It is no good to try to stop [[knowledge]] from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.'''<br />
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954)</cite>
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954)</cite>
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|15 = '''[[Writing]], the painful process of transforming three-dimensional, parallel-processed experience into two-dimensional, linear narrative.'''<br />
|15 = '''[[Writing]], the painful process of transforming three-dimensional, parallel-processed experience into two-dimensional, linear narrative.'''<br />
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">—  Susan Hockfield (neuroscientist)</cite>
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">—  Susan Hockfield (neuroscientist)</cite>
|16 = '''Do not [[writing|write]] merely to be [[understanding|understood]]. Write so you cannot possibly be [[misunderstanding|misunderstood]].'''<br />
|16 = '''Do not [[writing|write]] merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.'''<br />
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (1850–1894)</cite>
       <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)</cite>
|17 = '''Man's [[mind]] stretched to a new [[idea]] never goes back to its original dimensions.'''<br />
|17 = '''Man's [[mind]] stretched to a new [[idea]] never goes back to its original dimensions.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]] (1809–1894)</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]] (1809–1894)</cite>
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|27 = '''Whereof one cannot [[speech|speak]], thereof one must be [[silence|silent]].'''<br />
|27 = '''Whereof one cannot [[speech|speak]], thereof one must be [[silence|silent]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Ludwig Wittgenstein</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Ludwig Wittgenstein</cite>
|28 = '''[[Word]]s are only [[postage stamp]]s delivering the object for you to unwrap.'''<br />
|28 = '''[[Word]]s are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[George Bernard Shaw]] </cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[George Bernard Shaw]] </cite>
|29 = '''The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.'''<br />
|29 = '''The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.'''<br />
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|30 = '''The more I want to get something done, the less I call it [[work]].'''<br />
|30 = '''The more I want to get something done, the less I call it [[work]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]</cite>
|31 = '''The problem is not how to increase an already large stock of [[information]] but how to increase people’s ability to find useful information, to judge what is reliable and relevant for them at that moment, to make sense of the sometimes conflicting information with which they are faced, and then to engage in communication and discussion when appropriate.'''<br />
    <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/the-masis-report_en.pdf MASIS report] of the European Commission<br /></cite>
|32 = '''It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.'''<br />
|32 = '''It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]<br /></cite>
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|34 = '''The only source of [[knowledge]] is experience.'''<br />
|34 = '''The only source of [[knowledge]] is experience.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Albert Einstein]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Albert Einstein]]<br /></cite>
|35 = '''All the [[world]] is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.'''<br />
|35 = '''All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite>
|36 = '''[[Knowledge]] is a process of [[pile|piling]] up [[fact]]s; [[wisdom]] lies in their [[simplification]].'''<br />
|36 = '''Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite>
|37 = '''Real [[knowledge]] is to know the extent of one's [[ignorance]].'''<br />
|37 = '''Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite>
|38 = '''Words constitute the ultimate texture and stuff of our [[morale|moral being]], since they are the most refined and delicate and detailed, as well as the most universally used and understood, of the [[symbolism]]s whereby we express ourselves into existence.'''<br />
    <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Iris Murdoch]]<br /></cite>
|39 = '''You [[teaching|teach]] best what you most need to [[learning|learn]].'''<br />
|39 = '''You [[teaching|teach]] best what you most need to [[learning|learn]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]<br /> </cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]<br /> </cite>
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     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /></cite>
|42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br />
|42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[David McCullough]], from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— David McCullough, from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /></cite>
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br />
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Wislawa Szymborska]]<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Wislawa Szymborska<br />
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and [[opinion]]; the former begets [[knowledge]], the latter [[ignorance]].'''<br />
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and opinion; the former begets [[knowledge]], the latter ignorance.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite>
|45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br />
|45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]''<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]''<br /></cite>
|46 = '''Every minute of every day, millions of curious [[ape]]s click billions of [[hyperlink|links]], each tracing their own miniature voyages of [[discovery]].'''<br />
|46 = '''Every minute of every day, millions of curious [[ape]]s click billions of [[hyperlink|links]], each tracing their own miniature voyages of [[discovery]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin Robbins]] in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin Robbins in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<br /></cite>
|47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br />
|47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]]<br /></cite>

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