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Study the past, if you would divine the future.
Confucius (551 BC–479 BC), Chinese philosopher, administrator, and moralist. Analects.
LIBOV ANDREEVNA: Are you still a student?
TROFIMOV: I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian playwright and short-story writer. The Cherry Orchard.

He who adds not to his learning diminishes it.
Anonymous.
The Talmud
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With this new interest I became painfully aware of my ignorance and even stupidity, and I feel enthused by the novelty and attraction of knowledge.


Yang Wenzhi (1954– ), Chinese writer. Referring to reading. The Wounded "Ah, Books!" (Geremie Barmé (tr.)).

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.

William Henry Beveridge (1879–1963), British economist and social reformer. Full Employment in a Free Society.

 

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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only  make them think.

                              Socrates

   
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