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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.
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.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage
If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage
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.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning
is perilous.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning
is perilous.
