If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.
The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
There's so much more danger in someone where you really don't know what they're going to do, and you don't know what they're really capable of, rather than someone who's trying to be physically tough.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.
Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.
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