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Confucius Philosopher
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"Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know."

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Boethius Philosopher, Theologian
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"Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself."

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T. S. Eliot Poet, Playwright
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"It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are; and we do not understand what we are, unless we know what we ought to be."

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
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"For what is time? ... Who can even in thought comprehend it, so as to utter a word about it? ... If no one asks me, I know: If I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not."

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