The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which read more

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

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.

Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost
childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant read more

Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost
childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant and juvenile; then
his strength of years, when it is solid and reduced; and lastly
his old age, when it waxeth dry and exhaust.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

By studying the masters and not their pupils.

By studying the masters and not their pupils.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.