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A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I read more
How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.
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.
The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
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The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs allow no force but argument.
By studying the masters and not their pupils.
By studying the masters and not their pupils.
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.
