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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.
Much learning does not teach understanding.
Much learning does not teach understanding.
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the
hoofs of a swinish multitude.
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the
hoofs of a swinish multitude.
Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at
Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at
Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head,
And learning wiser grow without his read more
Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head,
And learning wiser grow without his books.
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
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.