14 Benjamin Disraeli Quotes on Knowledge

Benjamin Disraeli quotes on knowledge

8. It is knowledge that influences and equalises the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.

35. Ignorance never settles a question.

51. A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

111. All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

130. How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation; his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold; and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts.

135. To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

136. Variant: To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

162. The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

164. Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine- tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing.

174. As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

220. The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.

223. The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

238. Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

256. The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

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