"That which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed."
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"If you would not be known to do anything, never do it."
"He that has done nothing has known nothing."
"It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known."
"One man alone had really known the sciences, namely, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln."
"It was the worst hurt he had ever known."
"There are known knowns and known unknowns, but what we should be worried about most is the unknown unknowns."
"A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes."
"If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker."
"Have you ever known me to be rude to a lady?" "I have seen you be intentionally rude to a woman. I have never seen you be rude to a lady."
"The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything."
"...and when you’ve known me longer, you’ll learn that I mean everything I say.” “Even the lies?” “Especially the lies."
"I was known for a while for doing very long takes, especially after Atonement."
"That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant."
"What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not."
"There is nothing known as "Perfect". Its only those imperfections which we choose not to see!!"
"The sum of all known value and respect, I add up in you, whoever you are."
"Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult."
"Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"
"When the gods come among men, they are not known."