Quote Genre: Study

Herbert George Wells – ‘His studies were pursued but…

‘His studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘Some who had received a libe…

‘Some who had received a liberal education at the Colleges of Unreason and taken the highest degrees in hypothetics which are their principal study.’

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Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘There is nothing too little …

‘There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.’

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Samuel Johnson – ‘There is nothing too little …

‘There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain there at knowledge of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.’

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Michel de Montaigne – ‘As plants are suffocated and…

‘As plants are suffocated and drowned with too much moisture and lamps with too much oil so is the active part of the understanding with too much study.’

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe – ‘In the end we retain from ou…

‘In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.’

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Francis Bacon – ‘I would live to study not st…

‘I would live to study not study to live.’

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Marcus Tullius Cicero – ‘These studies are a spur to …

‘These studies are a spur to the young a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night … Continue reading →

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