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The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.
The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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.
I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to think of nothing else. I read more
I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to think of nothing else. I want to bury myself in a den of books. I want to saturate myself with the elements of which they are made, and breathe their atmosphere until I am of it. Not a bookworm, being which is to give off no utterances; but a man in the world of writing--one with a pen that shall stop men to listen to it, whether they wish to or not.
The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of
studies a dull brain.
As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of
studies a dull brain.
The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.
The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.
When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.
When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.
