We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
The common people say, that physicians are the class of people who kill other men in the most polite and courteous manner. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... [T]he word… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
![“Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... [T]he word "logic" has a broad meaning, and is not restricted exclusively to the science of argumentative reasoning. [It includes] Grammar [which] is "the science of…” quote by John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/49d/john-of-salisbury-36405_art_among-all-the-liberal-arts-the-first-is_1929000.jpg)
