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Proverb [English]

Etymology: See Scientia potentia est. Often incorrectly attributed to Francis Bacon. Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} knowledge is power
  1. Scientia potentia est; with knowledge and/or education, one's potential or ability to succeed in the pursuit of one's objectives will certainly increase. Wikipedia link: Scientia potentia est, en:knowledge is power Translations (knowledge is power): اَلْمَعْرِفَة قُوَّة (alt: al-maʕrifa(t) quwwa) (Arabic), 知識就是力量 (Chinese Mandarin), 知识就是力量 (zhīshi jiùshì lìliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), vědění je moc (Czech), kundskab er magt (Danish), kennis is macht (Dutch), tieto on valtaa (Finnish), savoir (French), c’est pouvoir (French), ცოდნა ძალაა (codna ʒalaa) (Georgian), Wissen ist Macht (German), η γνώση είναι δύναμη (i gnósi eínai dýnami) (Greek), ידע הוא כוח (yeda' hu koakh) (Hebrew), ज्ञान ही शक्ति है (jñān hī śakti hai) (Hindi), a tudás hatalom (Hungarian), sapere è potere (Italian), 知識は力なり (chishiki wa chikara nari) (alt: ちしきはちからなり) (Japanese), 아는 것이 힘이다 (aneun geosi himida) (Korean), scientia potentia est (Latin), kunnskap/informasjon er makt (Norwegian), توانا بود هر که دانا بود (tavânâ bovad har ke dânâ bovad) (Persian), wiedza to potęga (Polish), conhecimento é poder (Portuguese), saber é poder (Portuguese), знање је моћ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), знање је сила [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), znanje je moć [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), znanje je sila [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), v znanju je moč (Slovene), el conocimiento es poder (Spanish), kunskap är makt (Swedish), тавоно бувад ҳар кӣ доно бувад (tavono buvad har ki dono buvad) (Tajik), ความรู้คือพลัง (Thai), bilgi güçtür (Turkish)
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          "roman": "i gnósi eínai dýnami",
          "sense": "knowledge is power",
          "word": "η γνώση είναι δύναμη"
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          "sense": "knowledge is power",
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          "roman": "aneun geosi himida",
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          "word": "아는 것이 힘이다"
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          "code": "la",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "tavânâ bovad har ke dânâ bovad",
          "sense": "knowledge is power",
          "word": "توانا بود هر که دانا بود"
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  "word": "knowledge is power"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.