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| A doctor and a boor know more than a doctor alone. German. | 1 |
| A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. | 2 |
| A man knows no more to any purpose than he practises. | 3 |
| All our knowledge is ourselves to know. Pope. | 4 |
| All we know is nothing can be known. (From the Greek.) Byron. | 5 |
| Government of the will is better than increase of knowledge. | 6 |
| Half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Pope. | 7 |
| He hath a tun of knowledge but the bottom is out. Dutch. | 8 |
| He knows enough who knows how to live and keep his own counsel. French. | 9 |
| He knows which side of his bread is buttered. | 10 |
| He that imagines he hath knowledge enough hath none. | 11 |
| He that knows himself knows others. | 12 |
| He that knows least commonly presumes most. | 13 |
| He that knows little soon repeats it. | 14 |
| He that would know what shall be must consider what hath been. | 15 |
| He who increases knowledge increases sorrow. Latin. | 16 |
| He who knows but little tells it quickly. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese. | 17 |
| He who knows himself best, esteems himself least. | 18 |
| He who knows little is confident in everything. | 19 |
| He who knows nothing never doubts. Italian. | 20 |
| He who thinks he knows the most knows the least. | 21 |
| Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance. Horace. | 22 |
| I envy no man that knows more than myself but pity them that know less. Sir Thomas Browne. | 23 |
| I know no difference between buried treasure and concealed knowledge. Italian. | 24 |
| It is almost as necessary to know other men as ourselves. | 25 |
| It is not permitted to know all things. Latin. | 26 |
| It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which is valuable. Samuel Sorbiere. | 27 |
| It is well for one to know more than he says. Plautus. | 28 |
| It requires a long time to know any one. Don Quixote. | 29 |
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man. Pope. | 30 |
| Knowledge begins a gentleman but ’tis conversation that completes him. | 31 |
| Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers. Tennyson. | 32 |
| Knowledge directeth practice and practice increaseth knowledge. | 33 |
| Knowledge finds its price. La Fontaine. | 34 |
| Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age. | 35 |
| Knowledge is a second light and hath bright eyes. | 36 |
| Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. | 37 |
| Knowledge is no burden. | 38 |
| Knowledge is power. Bacon. | 39 |
| Knowledge is silver among the poor, gold among the nobles, and a jewel among princes. Italian. | 40 |
| Knowledge is the foundation of eloquence. Benjamin Disraeli. | 41 |
| Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Benjamin Disraeli. | 42 |
Knowledge or wealth to few are given,
But mark how just the ways of Heaven:
True joy is free to all. Mickle. | 43 |
| Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. Horace. | 44 |
| Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist. | 45 |
Learn thou of learned men, the unlearned of thee;
For thus must knowledge propagated be. Dutch. | 46 |
| No man knows till he has tasted both fortunes. | 47 |
| No one knows what will happen to him before sunset. | 48 |
| No one knows when he is well off. Punch. | 49 |
| Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child. Seneca. | 50 |
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| One part of knowledge consists in being ignorant of such things as are not worthy to be known. | 51 |
| Profess not the knowledge thou hast not. Bible. | 52 |
| The first step to self-knowledge is self-distrust. | 53 |
| The more a man knows the more he is inclined to be modest. Fielding. | 54 |
| The only jewel which will not decay is knowledge. Langford. | 55 |
| The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude but must be cultivated in public. Dr. Johnson. | 56 |
| There is no knowledge so dangerous as half-knowledge. Stilson Hutchins. | 57 |
| Through being too knowing the fox lost his tail. | 58 |
| To know a man well, one must have eaten a bushel of salt with him. French. | 59 |
| To know everything is to know nothing. Italian. | 60 |
| To know how to obey requires as generous a disposition and as rational an education as to know how to command. Plato. | 61 |
| To know nothing is the happiest life. Euripides. | 62 |
| To know one perfectly one must live in the same house with him. | 63 |
| To know one’s self is true progress. Hans Andersen. | 64 |
| To know the disease is the commencement of the cure. Don Quixote. | 65 |
| Whatever I did not know, I was not ashamed to inquire about, so I acquired knowledge. Persian Philosopher. | 66 |
| Who knows most believes least. Italian. | 67 |
| Who knows most forgives most. Italian. | 68 |
| Who knows most says least. French, Italian, Spanish. | 69 |
| Who knows nothing, doubts nothing. | 70 |
| Who knows nothing in his thirtieth year, is nothing in his fortieth, has nothing in his fiftieth, learns nothing, is nothing, and comes to nothing. German. | 71 |
| Without knowledge there is no sin. | 72 |
| Your knowing a thing is nothing unless another knows you know it. Latin. | 73 |
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