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 Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are 
heavy.  
 Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school-fees are 
heavy. 
 Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame?
 A fitful tongue of leaping flame;
  A giddy whirlwind's fickle gust,
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 Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame?
 A fitful tongue of leaping flame;
  A giddy whirlwind's fickle gust,
   That lifts a pinch of mortal dust;
    A few swift years, and who can show
     Which dust was Bill, and which was Joe? 
 Rocking on a lazy billow
 With roaming eyes,
  Cushioned on a dreamy pillow,
   Thou read more 
 Rocking on a lazy billow
 With roaming eyes,
  Cushioned on a dreamy pillow,
   Thou art now wise.
    Wake the power within thee slumbering,
     Trim the plot that's in thy keeping,
      Thou wilt bless the task when reaping
       Sweet labour's prize. 
 From his cradle
 He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one,
  Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and read more 
 From his cradle
 He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one,
  Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;
   Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
    But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. 
 Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
 And shining morning face, creeping like snail
  Unwillingly to school.  
 Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
 And shining morning face, creeping like snail
  Unwillingly to school. 
Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe read more
Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.
 Where should the scholar live? In solitude, or in society? in 
the green stillness of the country, where he read more 
 Where should the scholar live? In solitude, or in society? in 
the green stillness of the country, where he can hear the heart 
of Nature beat, or in the dark, gray town where he can hear and 
feel the throbbing heart of man? 
If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and read more
If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.
No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar
No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar