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Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame,
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"Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration"

- DeWitt Clinton

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This quote by DeWitt Clinton speaks to the power of knowledge and its lasting impacts. Enjoyment, wealth, and power are all short lived and short-lived, but knowledge is something that can be enjoyed over and over once again. It is not restricted by space or time, and its effects can be felt forever. Knowledge is something that can be shared and given from generation to generation, and it can be utilized to create positive change worldwide. It is something that can be utilized to empower people and neighborhoods, and it can be used to produce a much better future. Knowledge is something that can never be eliminated, and it is something that can be taken pleasure in for a life time.

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DeWitt Clinton This quote is written / told by DeWitt Clinton between March 2, 1769 and February 11, 1828. He was a famous Politician from USA. The author also have 1 other quotes.

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