Vitruvius Quotes

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

Marlo taught me things I thought I knew.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself.

Care about understanding and before you know it, in just a few decades, you'll have a system of thinking that gives you answers whenever you ask.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

I like the facts. I find them interesting.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Indeed, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance.

Knowledge is not just power - it is control.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

Knowledge is power.

We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Rereading, we find a new book.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.