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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.
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.
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.
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.
The green retreats
Of Academus.
The green retreats
Of Academus.
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back
To the devil with those who published before us.
[Lat., Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt.]
To the devil with those who published before us.
[Lat., Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt.]
What\'s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much read more
What\'s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life.
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the
beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the
beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
