Knowledge keeps no better than fish

Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

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The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about...

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about...

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise...

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise...

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then...

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then...

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you;...

Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual...

Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual...

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Common sense is genius in homespun.

An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words.

An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely...

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies...

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies...

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in...

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in...