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The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety… — Samuel Johnson
Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so… — Dalai Lama
My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child — Louisa May Alcott
I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect. — Dee Snider
That was what, ultimately, war did to you. It was not the physical dangers--the mines at sea, the bombs from the air, the crisp ping… — Agatha Christie
This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating… — Desiderius Erasmus
Learning preserves the errors of the past as well as its wisdom. — Alfred North Whitehead
In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it. — Alfred North Whitehead
Learning stamps you with its moments. Childhood's learning is made up of moments. It isn't steady. It's a pulse. — Eudora Welty
From the first I was clamorous to learn ... — Eudora Welty
Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life. — Karl Kraus
Wherever learning breeds specialists, the sum of human culture is enhanced thereby. That is the illusion and consolation of specialists. — Antonio Machado
Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things. — Pietro Aretino
I just want to keep learning. — Simon Kinberg
People read the papers not in the hopes of learning something new, but in the expectation of being told what they already know. This is… — Roger Ebert
A man had to learn, it was his nature. — Bernard Malamud
Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your… — Lee Iacocca
It's just plain learning something that you didn't know. There is a real aesthetic experience in being dumbfounded. — Lewis Thomas
You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through… — Ken Burns
Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated. — Samuel Richardson

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