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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.
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 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.
Learn the fundamentals of the game at your leisure and stick with them. Band-aid remedies never last.
Learn the fundamentals of the game at your leisure and stick with them. Band-aid remedies never last.
The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
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The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs allow no force but argument.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning
is perilous.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning
is perilous.
