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Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.
Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning read more
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain
Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain
The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
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The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs allow no force but argument.
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which read more
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
