Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Knowledge is of things we see; / And yet we 45 trust it comes from thee, / A beam in darkness; let it grow. Tennyson.

Knowledge is power. Bacon.

Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; / Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Cowper.

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. Addison.

Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom. Jeremy Collier.

Knowledge is the excellency of man, whereby he is usually differenced from the brute. Swinnock.

Knowledge is the knowing that we cannot know. Emerson.

Knowledge is the material with which genius builds her fabrics. Bryant.

Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, 5 love itself. Hare.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man. Wm. Penn.