To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.


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To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
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To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
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If you're confused about what to do,
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Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
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What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense.
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He who knows that he doesn't know, knows what he needs to know.
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We cannot wish for that we know not.
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The words you can’t find, you borrow.
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We need learn what we need to learn, know what we need to know, and do what we need to do.
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We do not know what quality is.
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Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
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Nothing forces us to know
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Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.
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We don't even know what not to know.
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We know what we know, we will never know what is to be known.
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Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do.
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But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?
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Lord we may know what we are, but know not what we may be.
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We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
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And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
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To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
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We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not.
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