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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
Priding himself in the pursuits of an inglorious ease.
[Lat., Studiis florentem ignobilis oti.]
Priding himself in the pursuits of an inglorious ease.
[Lat., Studiis florentem ignobilis oti.]
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.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.
The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.
When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.
When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
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.
