The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

Study is like the heaven's glorious sun,
That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks:
Small have read more

Study is like the heaven's glorious sun,
That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks:
Small have continual plodders ever won,
Save base authority from others' books.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.

Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of
studies a dull brain.

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of
studies a dull brain.

O Granta! sweet Granta! where studious of ease,
I slumbered seven years, and then lost by degrees.

O Granta! sweet Granta! where studious of ease,
I slumbered seven years, and then lost by degrees.

The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.

The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.

I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.
What is your study?

I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.
What is your study?

Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still
air of delightful studies.

Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still
air of delightful studies.