 | Benjamin Disraeli - Chartism - 1845 - 496 pages
...commenced ; and that, although he had been at a public school and a university, he in fact knew nothing. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. Before an emancipated intellect and an expanding intelligence, the great system of exclusive manners... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1871 - 628 pages
...commenced ; and that, although he had been at a public school and a university, he in fact knew nothing. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. Before an emancipated intellect and an expanding intelligence, the great system of exclusive manners... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1881 - 516 pages
...commenced ; and that, although he had been at a public school and a university, he in fact knew nothing. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. Before an emancipated intellect and an expanding intelligence, the great system of exclusive manners... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1881 - 408 pages
...that man whose passions have their full play, but who ponders over their results.—The Young Duke. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.— Vivian Grey. Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is... | |
 | American literature - 1881 - 408 pages
...piety."— Endymion. 19. " How full of adventure is life ! It is monotonous only to (he monotonous." 20. " To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge." — Sybil. ax. "I see no use in talking to a man about love or religion : they are both stronger than... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1891 - 1190 pages
...That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us ; which first makes us think. chap. e. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. jud. Principle is ever my motto, not expediency. Boot ii. Chap. it. Property has its duties as well... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know. c. WM. DAVENANT — The Just Italian. Act V. Sc. 1. , happy pair ! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the d. BENJ. DISHAELI— Sybil. Bk. I. Chap. V. Xnowledge is the antidote to fear, — Knowledge, Use and... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1900 - 1724 pages
...commenced ; and that, although he had been at a public school and a university, he in fact knew nothing. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. Before an _emancipated_intellect and an expanding in teUyjeiice. the .great system of exclusive manners... | |
 | Cuyler Reynolds - Alcoholic beverages - 1902 - 504 pages
...Saying. Mediocre minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their uuderstanding. ROCHEFOUCAULD. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. DISRAELI, Sybil. Bk. I, ch. v. Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us ; which first makes us think. chap. r. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. ny. Principle is ever my motto, not expediency. Book ii. Chap. a. Property has its duties as well as... | |
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To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge. 
