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.

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.

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.

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.

By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.

By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.

I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.

I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.

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.

The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.

The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.