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  • Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Men Quotes
  • Moreover, the works already known are due to chance and experiment rather than to sciences; for the sciences we now possess are merely systems for the nice ordering and setting forth of things already invented; not methods of invention or directions for new works.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Nice Quotes , Knowledge Quotes
  • But the best read naturalist who lends an entire and devout attention to truth, will see that there remains much to learn of his relation to the world, and that it is not to be learned by any addition or subtraction or other comparison of known quantities, but is arrived at by untaught sallies of the spirit, by a continual self-recovery, and by entire humility.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Humility Quotes