Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

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"De Litteris Colendis", in Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau De la philosophie scolastique (1850) p. 10; translation from T. H. Huxley Science and Education ([1893] 2007) p. 132; in Latin, Quamvis enim melius sit benefacere quam nosse, prius tamen est nosse quam facere.

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Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

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