Knowing

Famous quotes containing the word knowing:

“The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

“Again, the great number of cultivated men keep each other up to a high standard. The habit of meeting well-read and knowing men teaches the art of omission and selection.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people’s minds.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)