a little knowledge
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Sinnett told the diploma recipients that after you’ve forgotten the details of your studies here, “I hope you’ll always remember how terribly difficult knowledge is, and how rare.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
I love the poetry of her prose, the way she handles the difficult knowledge of our shared American history with elegance and the formidable power of her fierce intellect.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2018
At the heart of “A Fan’s Notes” is this difficult knowledge: that the world doesn’t care about our petty longings, that our desires may ultimately find fulfillment only in fantasy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2015
Second, you should put your eyes upon yourself, that is, you should know yourself, which is the most difficult knowledge of all.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
He had an appetite for quaint and difficult knowledge.
From The Insurrection in Dublin by Stephens, James
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