It may be reasonable to think, no one shall be made to answer for what he knows nothing of, but shall receive his doom, his consciousness accusing or excusing.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

But in the Great Day, wherein the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open, it may be reasonable to think, no one shall be made to answer for what he knows nothing of; but shall receive his doom, his conscience accusing or excusing him.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

Others followed, and with the most artless simplicity of manner told me to be comforted—"they were all my children; they knew no one but Sekeletu and me, and they would die for me; they had not fought because I did not wish it; they had just spoken in the bitterness of their spirit, and when feeling that they could do nothing; but if these enemies begin you will see what we can do."
— from Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone

But the Son is known not only by sanctifying grace, but also by gratuitous grace, as by faith and knowledge.
— from Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

‘Not at all,’ said Angus, who as I told you was a wise man and a knowing; ‘not one bit,’ said Angus.
— from Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald

“I know nothing of business, Sir Robert; my tastes do not lie that way.”
— from A Yellow God: An Idol of Africa by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

We have reason to complain, if we may complain at all, that we can know nothing of Boswell's school life.
— from Boswell the Biographer by George Mallory