By studying the masters and not their pupils.

By studying the masters and not their pupils.

He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

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.

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.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a read more

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be read more

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

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.