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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.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning
is perilous.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning
is perilous.
Much learning does not teach understanding.
Much learning does not teach understanding.
Out of too much learning become mad.
Out of too much learning become mad.
And wisely tell what hour o' th' day
The clock does strike by Algebra.
And wisely tell what hour o' th' day
The clock does strike by Algebra.
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.]
The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.
The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.
In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
read more
In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
Could take the size of pots of ale.
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what read more
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get when you don't.