Ptahhotep Quotes

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.

Consult with the ignorant as with the wise.

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Indeed, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'

I'm not very wise to many things.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

It really is very true that the more you do, the less you know. I try to keep myself very open-minded in that sense.

The more one learns, the more he understands his ignorance.

Who does not understand should either learn, or be silent.