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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.
Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
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.
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the
hoofs of a swinish multitude.
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the
hoofs of a swinish multitude.
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the
beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the
beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
