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1387
tr.
Higden's Polychronicon
(1865) I. 241
While the cherle smoot the victor, he schulde ofte seie to hym in this manere:.. Knowe thyself.
1545
Toxophilus
II. 36
Knowe thy selfe: that is to saye, learne to knowe what thou arte able, fitte and apt vnto, and folowe that.
1732
Essay on Man
II. 1
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man.
1849
Caxtons
III. XVI. X.
‘Know thyself,’ said the old philosophy. ‘Improve thyself,’ saith the new.
a
1930
Last Poems
(1932) 266
At last we escape the barbed wire enclosure of Know Thyself, knowing we can never know.
1971
Confessions
i.
Know thyself is a wise Socratic exhortation, but how is it possible?
human nature
;
wisdom
tr.
Higden's Polychronicon
(1865) I. 241
While the cherle smoot the victor, he schulde ofte seie to hym in this manere:.. Knowe thyself.
1545
Toxophilus
II. 36
Knowe thy selfe: that is to saye, learne to knowe what thou arte able, fitte and apt vnto, and folowe that.
1732
Essay on Man
II. 1
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man.
1849
Caxtons
III. XVI. X.
‘Know thyself,’ said the old philosophy. ‘Improve thyself,’ saith the new.
a
1930
Last Poems
(1932) 266
At last we escape the barbed wire enclosure of Know Thyself, knowing we can never know.
1971
Confessions
i.
Know thyself is a wise Socratic exhortation, but how is it possible?
human nature;
wisdom
You never KNOW what you can do till you try
1818Year's Residence in USA
II. vi.
A man knows not what he can do 'till he tries.
1890
Leaves of Life
I. xiii.
On hearing the verdict he .. shouted out: ‘I told you so! You never know what you can do till you try’.
1968
Forfeit
xiv.
‘Ty, you aren't fit to drive’. ‘Never know what you can do till you try.’
boldnessknow
see also
BETTER the devil you know than the devil you don't know
;
one HALF of the world does not know how the other half lives
;
the HUSBAND is always the last to know
;
come LIVE with me and you'll know me
;
MORE people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows
;
NECESSITY knows no law
;
it TAKES one to know one
;
it is a WISE child that knows its own father
; also
KNOWN
.
BETTER the devil you know than the devil you don't know
;
one HALF of the world does not know how the other half lives
;
the HUSBAND is always the last to know
;
come LIVE with me and you'll know me
;
MORE people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows
;
NECESSITY knows no law
;
it TAKES one to know one
;
it is a WISE child that knows its own father
; also
KNOWN
.
KNOWLEDGE is power
Similar in form to
MONEY is power
and similar in sentiment to
PROVERBS
xxiv. 5 (AV) A man of knowledge increaseth strength. Cf.
1597
BACON
De Haeresibus
x.
nam et ipsa scientia potestas est
, for knowledge itself is power.
1598
in Bacon
Essays
27
V
Knowledge it selfe is a power whereby he [God] knoweth.
1806
Letter
25 Nov. (1951) II. 935
The well-known aphorism that ‘knowledge is power!’
1853
My Novel
I. II. iii.
He .. said half aloud,—‘Well, knowledge is power!’
1968
Mrs Beer's House
xi.
‘In a few years' time they'll only be getting married,’ to which Father replied darkly and to his own complete satisfaction, ‘Knowledge is power.’
power
;
wisdom
MONEY is power
and similar in sentiment to
PROVERBS
xxiv. 5 (AV) A man of knowledge increaseth strength. Cf.
1597
BACON
De Haeresibus
x.
nam et ipsa scientia potestas est
, for knowledge itself is power.
1598in Bacon
Essays
27
V
Knowledge it selfe is a power whereby he [God] knoweth.
1806
Letter
25 Nov. (1951) II. 935
The well-known aphorism that ‘knowledge is power!’
1853
My Novel
I. II. iii.
He .. said half aloud,—‘Well, knowledge is power!’
1968
Mrs Beer's House
xi.
‘In a few years' time they'll only be getting married,’ to which Father replied darkly and to his own complete satisfaction, ‘Knowledge is power.’
power;
wisdom
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