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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt.
[Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.]
It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt.
[Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.]
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.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.
Don't just learn something from every experience, learn something positive.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be read more
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.
You learn something every day if you pay attention.
You learn something every day if you pay attention.
Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.
Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.
