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|34 = '''The only source of [[knowledge]] is experience.'''<br />
|34 = '''The only source of [[knowledge]] is experience.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Albert Einstein]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Albert Einstein]]<br /></cite>
|35 = '''All the [[world]] is a [[laboratory]] to the inquiring [[mind]].'''<br />
|35 = '''All the [[world]] is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin H. Fischer]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite>
|36 = '''[[Knowledge]] is a process of [[pile|piling]] up [[fact]]s; [[wisdom]] lies in their [[simplification]].'''<br />
|36 = '''[[Knowledge]] is a process of [[pile|piling]] up [[fact]]s; [[wisdom]] lies in their [[simplification]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Martin H. Fischer]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite>
|37 = '''Real [[knowledge]] is to know the extent of one's [[ignorance]].'''<br />
|37 = '''Real [[knowledge]] is to know the extent of one's [[ignorance]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite>

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Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.
Daniel Boorstin

       —add a quotation about knowledge or writing