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Philosophical literature4 quotes
We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it. — Aristotle · 322 BCLet us now suppose that in the mind of each man there is an aviary of all sorts of birds-some flocking together apart from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary, flying anywhere and everywhere... We may suppose that the birds are kinds of knowledge, and that when we were children, the receptacle was empty; whenever a man has gotten and detained in the enclosure a kind of knowledge, he may be said to have learned or discovered the thing which is the subject of the knowledge: and this is to know. — Socrates · 369 BCWhat is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. — Epictetus · 108All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another. — Plotinus · 270
Historical literature2 quotes
Old to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119Learning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Religious literature2 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 BC
Biography1 quote
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Comedy (play)1 quote
I am slow of study. — William Shakespeare · 1599
Drama1 quote
The mind is like a muscle, okay, and if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Ok? Each new fact gives you another choice. Each new idea builds another muscle, okay, and it’s those muscles that are going to make you really strong. Those are your weapons and in this unsafe world, I want to arm you...Look, okay, if at the end of the term, you’re not faster, stronger, and smarter, you will have lost nothing. But if you are, you’ll be that much tougher to knock down. — Louanne Johnson · 1995
Drama (film)1 quote
The mind is like a muscle, okay, and if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Ok? Each new fact gives you another choice. Each new idea builds another muscle, okay, and it’s those muscles that are going to make you really strong. Those are your weapons and in this unsafe world, I want to arm you...Look, okay, if at the end of the term, you’re not faster, stronger, and smarter, you will have lost nothing. But if you are, you’ll be that much tougher to knock down. — Louanne Johnson · 1995
Satire1 quote
All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price. — Juvenal · 100
Science fiction1 quote
A learning experience is one of those things that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.” — Douglas Adams · 2001
Teen1 quote
The mind is like a muscle, okay, and if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Ok? Each new fact gives you another choice. Each new idea builds another muscle, okay, and it’s those muscles that are going to make you really strong. Those are your weapons and in this unsafe world, I want to arm you...Look, okay, if at the end of the term, you’re not faster, stronger, and smarter, you will have lost nothing. But if you are, you’ll be that much tougher to knock down. — Louanne Johnson · 1995
Teen (film)1 quote
The mind is like a muscle, okay, and if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Ok? Each new fact gives you another choice. Each new idea builds another muscle, okay, and it’s those muscles that are going to make you really strong. Those are your weapons and in this unsafe world, I want to arm you...Look, okay, if at the end of the term, you’re not faster, stronger, and smarter, you will have lost nothing. But if you are, you’ll be that much tougher to knock down. — Louanne Johnson · 1995
Travel writing1 quote
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. — Mark Twain · 1897