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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
 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. 
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.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
 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. 
 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. 
Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.
Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn read more
God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way. The way we learn those lessons is not to deny the feelings but to find the meanings underlying them.