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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to read more
I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.
There is no other Royal path which leads to geometry.
There is no other Royal path which leads to geometry.
A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.
A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.
When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.
To the devil with those who published before us.
[Lat., Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt.]
To the devil with those who published before us.
[Lat., Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt.]
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
