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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Power Quotes,
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Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

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Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Fraud Quotes,
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You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both

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By studying the masters and not their pupils.

By studying the masters and not their pupils.

by Niels H. Abel Found in: Learning Quotes,
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Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of read more

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

by Horace Found in: Learning Quotes,
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All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

by Juvenal Found in: Education Quotes, Learning Quotes,
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
- Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),

by Barry Cornwall Found in: Power Quotes,
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The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

by Socrates Found in: Intelligence Quotes,
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