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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.
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.
 One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live 
with able men, and to suffer all read more 
 One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live 
with able men, and to suffer all those pangs of inferiority which 
the want of knowledge always inflicts. 
Some people study all their life, and at their death they have learned everything except to think.
Some people study all their life, and at their death they have learned everything except to think.
 Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; 
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able 
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 Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; 
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able 
to contend. 
Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous read more
Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries
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.
Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.
Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.