Learned Man Quotes

24 quotes by 22 authors

• Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to choose a… — Michel de Montaigne
• In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
• A man of peace does more good than a very learned man. — Thomas a Kempis
• I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach to a dolt… — Khalil Gibran
• There is a wide difference between the original thinker and the merely learned man. — Arthur Schopenhauer
• The learned man aims for more. But the wise man decreases. And then decreases again. — James Altucher
• A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere. — Chanakya
• Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on a white horse. — Anzia Yezierska
• A learned man is not learned in all things; but a sufficient man is sufficient throughout, even to ignorance itself. — Michel de Montaigne
• That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns… — Philibert Joseph Roux
• For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established… — Frederic Farrar
• Whenever I hear the epistles of Paul read out loud in the liturgy, I am filled with joy... If I'm regarded as a learned man,… — Charles W. Freeman, Jr.
• Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than to read or write; who, however, wrote much and well,… — William Hazlitt
• The learned man knows that he is ignorant. — Victor Hugo
• It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas. — Kate Horsley
• A learned man is a sedentary, concentrated solitary enthusiast, who searches through books to discover some particular grain of truth upon which he has set… — Virginia Woolf
• A learned man is an idler who kills time by study. — George Bernard Shaw
• A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon,… — Stephen Crane
• A learned man has always riches in himself. — Phaedrus
• A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: Either he abandons all earthly interests or else he possesses much which could be abandoned. — Siddha Nagarjuna

Who Wrote These Learned Man Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 24 Learned Man Quotes as follows:

• 2 Learned Man Quotes by Virginia Woolf
• 2 Learned Man Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Kate Horsley
• 1 Learned Man Quote by George Bernard Shaw
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Stephen Crane
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Phaedrus
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Siddha Nagarjuna
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Arabian Proverb
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Vikrant Parsai
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Mariana Fulger
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Jose Ortega y Gasset
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Thomas a Kempis
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Khalil Gibran
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
• 1 Learned Man Quote by James Altucher
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Chanakya
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Anzia Yezierska
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Philibert Joseph Roux
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Frederic Farrar
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Charles W. Freeman, Jr.
• 1 Learned Man Quote by William Hazlitt
• 1 Learned Man Quote by Victor Hugo