knowledge is power

English

Etymology

See Scientia potentia est. Often incorrectly attributed to Francis Bacon.

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

knowledge is power

• Arabic: اَلْمَعْرِفَة قُوَّة (al-maʕrifa(t) quwwa)
• Azerbaijani: bilik gücdür
• Bulgarian: зна́нието е си́ла (znánieto e síla)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 知識就是力量 / 知识就是力量 (zhīshi jiùshì lìliàng)

• Czech: vědění je moc
• Danish: kundskab er magt
• Dutch: kennis is macht
• Finnish: tieto on valtaa
• French: savoir, c'est pouvoir
• Georgian: ცოდნა ძალაა (codna ʒalaa)
• German: Wissen ist Macht (de)
• Greek: η γνώση είναι δύναμη (i gnósi eínai dýnami)
• Hebrew: ידע הוא כוח (yeda' hu koakh)
• Hindi: ज्ञान ही शक्ति है (jñān hī śakti hai)
• Hungarian: a tudás hatalom (hu)
• Italian: sapere è potere
• Japanese: 知識は力なり (ちしきはちからなり, chishiki wa chikara nari)
• Korean: 아는 것이 힘이다 (aneun geosi himida)
• Latin: scientia potentia est
• Norwegian: kunnskap/informasjon er makt
• Persian: توانا بود هر که دانا بود (tavânâ bovad har ke dânâ bovad)
• Polish: wiedza to potęga
• Portuguese: conhecimento é poder, saber é poder
• Russian: зна́ние — си́ла (znánije — síla)
• Sanskrit: बुद्धिर्यस्य बलं तस्य (buddhiryasya balaṃ tasya, literally “whose knowledge, his power”)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: знање је моћ, знање је сила

  Latin: znanje je moć, znanje je sila

• Slovene: v znanju je moč
• Spanish: el conocimiento es poder
• Swedish: kunskap är makt
• Tajik: тавоно бувад ҳар кӣ доно бувад (tavono buvad har ki dono buvad)
• Thai: ความรู้คือพลัง
• Turkish: bilgi güçtür