There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable read more

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

The languages, especially the dead,
The sciences, and most of all the abstruse,
The arts, at least read more

The languages, especially the dead,
The sciences, and most of all the abstruse,
The arts, at least all such as could be said
To be the most remote from common use,
In all these he was much and deeply read.

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.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out read more

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

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.

I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.

I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.