Confucius Quotes About Knowledge
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You cannot open a book without learning something.
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.
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The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.
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Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
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To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.
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Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
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Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.
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He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
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To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
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When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
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The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
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To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
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