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.

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.]

It always seems impossible until its done.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently

Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently

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.

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?

Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.

Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.

I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got read more

I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.

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.