Eagerness Quote by William Hazlitt

Nobody can be taught faster than he can learn.

— Samuel Johnson

He who has no inclination to learn more will be very apt to think that he knows enough.

— John Powell

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.

— William Godwin

The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.

— Seneca the Elder

When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, “Not to unlearn what you have learned!”

— Diogenes Laertius

No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do…

— Dion Fortune

When a learner, in the fullness of his powers, comes to great truths unstaled by premature familiarity, he rejoices in the lateness of his…

— George Iles

He who is learning and learning and doesn't apply what he knows is like the one who is plowing and plowing and doesn't seed.

— Plato

He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him,…

— Samuel Johnson

Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.

— Ovid

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

— Livy

He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the…

— Benjamin Whichcote