You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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.
Me therefore studious of laborious ease.
Me therefore studious of laborious ease.
I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.
What is your study?
I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.
What is your study?
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got read more
I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.
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.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
It always seems impossible until its done.
It always seems impossible until its done.
