In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

כִּ֛י בְּרֹ֥ב חָכְמָ֖ה רָב־כָּ֑עַס וְיֹוסִ֥יף דַּ֖עַת יֹוסִ֥יף מַכְאֹֽוב׃

Ecclesiastes 1:18

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Knowledge Wisdom

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:18).

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As we know, there are known knowns-there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns-that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.

Donald Rumsfeld

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The unknown Epistemology Knowledge American politics
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Donald Rumsfeld
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Time
2002 2000s 21st century
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If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Jesus

Matthew 16:24

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Jesus
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Religious literature
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Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 16:24).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

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Exodus The Bible
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Scripture
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Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Exodus 3:8).