Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
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There are three parts in truth first, the inquiry, which is the wooing of it secondly, the knowledge of it, which is the presence of it and thirdly, the belief, which is the enjoyment of it.
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Those herbs which perfume the air most delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but, being trodden upon and crushed, are three that is, burnet, wild thyme and watermints. Therefore, you are to set whole alleys of them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread.
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Consistency is the foundation of virtue.
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