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Classical antiquity12 quotes
We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it. — Aristotle · 322 BCOld to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchLearning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — AristotleFor it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows. — Epictetus · 108All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100All 12 quotes →Old Testament Era2 quotes
Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 · 931 BCHold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life. — Proverbs 4:13 · 686 BCColonial America1 quote
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743The Renaissance1 quote
I am slow of study. — William Shakespeare · 1599