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knowledge is power
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the more you know, the more control you have over your life and others
A saying linked to Francis Bacon. Examiners see it very often in Vietnamese essays, so explain your own idea instead of only quoting it.
In context
My father always said knowledge is power, so he bought us books instead of toys.
Read your contract carefully before you sign it; knowledge is power.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity