Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know–and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. It is better to know–even if the knowledge endures only for the moment that comes before destruction–than to gain eternal life at the price of a dull and swinish lack of comprehension of a universe that swirls unseen before us in all its wonder. That was the choice of Achilles, and it is mine, too. Isaac Asimov
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"Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know" is a quote that is very profound. It goes into the idea of how terrible our own minds can be. We can be so smart and intelligent at times, but we still may ruin our lives by not being wise enough to control what we know. This quote is saying that if we didn't know something, it would be better than knowing something and wasting your life away with it.

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