Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron read more

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth it's spark.

In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
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In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
Could take the size of pots of ale.

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.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

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.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.