A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
—Confucius
Showing posts with label learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label learning. Show all posts
Sunday, August 04, 2024
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Post #3208
He that hath no musical instruction is a child in Music; he that hath no letters is a child in Learning; he that is untaught is a child in Life.
—Epictetus
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Post #3069
Learning is wealth to the poor an honor to the rich an aid to the young and a support and comfort to the aged.
—Schuyler Colfax Jr.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Post #1751
A man eminent in learning has not even a little virtue if he fears to practise it. What precious things can be shown to a blind man when he holds a lamp in his hand?
—Hitopadeśa
—Hitopadeśa
Friday, December 19, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Post #1648
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
—Confucius
—Confucius
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Sunday, September 08, 2013
Post #1337
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty: let him rise early, that he may have the day before him; and let him make the most of the day, by determining to spend it on two sorts of acquaintance only; those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something may be learnt.
—Charles Caleb Colton
—Charles Caleb Colton
Friday, July 26, 2013
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Post #1178
If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
—J.A. Wheeler
—J.A. Wheeler
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Post #1063
Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Learn from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.
—Hyman George Rickover
—Hyman George Rickover
Monday, July 23, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Post #958
The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err, and err, and err again. But less, and less, and less.
—Piet Hein
—Piet Hein
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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