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    The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."

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It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

by Thomas Huxley Found in: Learning Quotes,
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And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,
Paul, thou art beside thyself; much read more

And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,
Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

by Bible Found in: Learning Quotes,
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It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

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When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

by Edward Cocker Found in: Learning Quotes,
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Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.

Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Learning Quotes,
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Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

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I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.

I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Learning Quotes,
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Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.

Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.

by Michael Drayton Found in: Learning Quotes,
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Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

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