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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.
To the devil with those who published before us.
[Lat., Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt.]
To the devil with those who published before us.
[Lat., Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt.]
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
With read more
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.
A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well.
A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well.
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.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an
exact man.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an
exact man.
The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the read more
The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."
