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Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I hear therefore with joy whatever is beginning to be said of the dignity and necessity of labor to every citizen. There is virtue yet… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not inside your consciousness; you are inside them, trapped and howling to… — R. A. Lafferty
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp. — Plutarch
Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong: They learn in suffering what they teach in song. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art. — Oscar Wilde
Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining… — Oliver Goldsmith
And learn the luxury of doing good. — Oliver Goldsmith
In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd… — Oliver Goldsmith
An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for, Even then, no sooner has he… — Ogden Nash
Patience helps us to view imperfections in others more generously to the end that we may learn to be more wise than they have been. — Neal A. Maxwell
It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. — Nathanael Emmons
We will learn that computers, amazing as they are, still cannot come close to being as effective as human beings. A computer isn't creative on… — Masaru Ibuka
When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. . . . Whatever the white man has done, we… — Mary McLeod Bethune
We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say. — Martin Buber
Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects… — Louis L'Amour
Wearing all that weight Of learning lightly like a flower. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Today's sensitive male has learned to share in open frank discussions about relationships like, "Where the hell did you get a crazy idea like that?… — Lewis Grizzard
The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not… — Laozi

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