“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.”— Frederick Douglass Related Quotes “Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.”— Franz Grillparzer “If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses how wide is that we gain from other sources.”– Matthew Simpson “I think it’s wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them.”– Rex Hunt