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)