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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.]
You are in some brown study.
You are in some brown study.
No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does read more
No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know.
It always seems impossible until its done.
It always seems impossible until its done.
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.
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.
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.
Exhausting thought,
And having wisdom with each studious year.
Exhausting thought,
And having wisdom with each studious year.
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.
