The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

Out of too much learning become mad.

Out of too much learning become mad.

Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

Learn the fundamentals of the game at your leisure and stick with them. Band-aid remedies never last.

Learn the fundamentals of the game at your leisure and stick with them. Band-aid remedies never last.

In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
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In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
Could take the size of pots of ale.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

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.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to read more

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.