Nicolaus Copernicus Quote

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. - Nicolaus Copernicus

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.

Nicolaus Copernicus

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Knowledge is true opinion. - Plato

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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

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True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.

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