We are here concerned with them as involving deviations from that method which has proved most effective in achieving knowledge, for a consideration of the deviations may render clearer the true place of knowledge in experience.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Far from it, all must judge that in you are lodged a cornucopia and encyclopaedia, an unmeasurable profundity of knowledge in the most peregrine and sublime disciplines, so frequently the admiration, and so rarely the concomitants of the imperite vulgar.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

In this battle many fell on both sides, but principally of King Inge's men.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

On the other hand, every one sees that the principle of knowledge is wholly directed to the truth, and cares less than either of the others for gain or fame.
— from The Republic by Plato

Such as our present Land Mother—what you call president or king, I believe.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

412-3 Blood, B. P., II. 284 Blood-supply to brain, I. 97 Bourne, A., I. 391 Bourru, Dr., I. 388 Bowditch, H. P., his reaction-timer, I. 87 ; on contrast in seen motion, II. 247; on knee-jerk, 380; comparison of touch and sight, 520 Bowen, F., I. 214 Bowne, B. P., on knowledge, I. 219 Bradley, F. H., I. 452 , 474 , 604 ; II. 7, 9, 284, 648 Brain, its functions, Chapter II: of frog, I. 14 ; of dog, 33 ; of monkey, 34 ; of man, 36 ; lower centres compared with hemispheres, 9-10 , 75 ; circulation in, 97 ; instability, 139 ; its connection with Mind, 176 ; 'entire' brain not a real physical fact, 176 ; its changes as subtle as those of thought, 234 ; its dying vibrations operative in producing consciousness, 242 Influence of environment upon it, 626 ff.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

The true praise of kings is after their death, and from the mouth of their enemies.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The mere possession of knowledge is not always the possession of power; knowledge which has not become a part of yourself, knowledge which can not swing into line in an emergency is of little use, and will not save you at the critical moment.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

I shall be back in two or three days; and hope to bring with me the big photograph of Kingscourt, if they have got any copies printed yet.
— from The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by William Black

I will take a less impressive case of my principle, the principle of keeping in the mind an actual personality when we are talking about types or tendencies or generalized ideals.
— from Alarms and Discursions by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

The need, however, which he instinctively felt remains, and public opinion knows it.
— from The Americans by Hugo Münsterberg

If many men are poisoned or killed in eating or drinking, if many men's eye-sight is abused to mislead them unto sin, &c. the way is not, to eat nothing but what is put into our mouths; nor to put out our eyes, or wink, and be led only by a priest; but to use both the more cautiously, with the best advice and help that we can get.
— from A Christian Directory, Part 3: Christian Ecclesiastics by Richard Baxter

The plain of Khoi (in breadth from N. to S. five miles, and in length ten) was the richest tract that we had seen.
— from A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809 In Which is Included, Some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K. C. to the Court of Persia by James Justinian Morier

Under this impression, Abou Dhaher refused an offer of fifty thousand dinars as a ransom for the stone; but after his death, the Carmates, in A.H. 339, voluntarily sent it back, having been convinced by experience that their expectations of wealth, from the possession of it, were ill founded, and that very few moslems came to Hedjer for the purpose of kissing it.
— from Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt

Campanella's view of the present conditions and prospects of knowledge is hardly less sanguine than that of Bacon, and characteristically he confirms his optimism by astrological data.
— from The Idea of Progress: An Inguiry into Its Origin and Growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury

The French are a people of keen intelligence, of bright, impulsive, and vivacious nature; urbane, cultured, and pleasure-loving in the cities, thrifty and industrious in the country; few races have given so rich a bequest to the literature and art of the world.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

A singular phenomenon: at the very time when society among us had no legal guarantees against the power of kings, it still had other very forcible ones which were purely moral.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes