English
Etymology
See Scientia potentia est. Often incorrectly attributed to Francis Bacon.
Pronunciation
Proverb
knowledge is power
- 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
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