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* Peter loved to learn all right, but the teachers hadn't taught him anything, ever. He did his learning through his desk at home, taping into libraries and databases, studying and thinking, and, above all, talking to Valentine.
* Peter loved to learn all right, but the teachers hadn't taught him anything, ever. He did his learning through his desk at home, taping into libraries and databases, studying and thinking, and, above all, talking to Valentine.
** [[Orson Scott Card]] ''[[Ender's Game]]'' p. 124
** [[Orson Scott Card]] ''[[Ender's Game]]'' p. 124
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* Yet, he was kind, or, if severe in aught,<br>The love he bore to learning was in fault;<br>The village all declar'd how much he knew,<br>'Twas certain he could write and cipher too.
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** [[Oliver Goldsmith]], ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), line 205.
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* While words of learned length and thundering sound<br>Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around.
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** [[Oliver Goldsmith]], ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), line 211.
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* And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,<br>That one small head should carry all it knew.
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** [[Oliver Goldsmith]], ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), line 215. Ed. 1822, printed for John Sharp. Other editions give "could" for "should," "brain" for "head".
==H==
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:* As quote by [[Plato]] in [[w:Meno|Meno]] section 84c
:* As quote by [[Plato]] in [[w:Meno|Meno]] section 84c
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* A little learning is a
dang'rous
thing;
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Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;
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There
shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
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And drinking largely sobers us again.
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* A little learning is a
dangerous
thing;<br>Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;<br>
Their
shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,<br>And drinking largely sobers us again.
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** [[Alexander Pope]], ''[[An Essay on Criticism]]'', Part II.
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** [[Alexander Pope]], ''[[An Essay on Criticism]]''
(1711)
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* Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield;<br>Learn from the beasts the physic of the field;<br>The arts of building from the bee receive;<br>Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave.
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** [[Alexander Pope]], ''[[An Essay on Man]]'' (1733-34), Epistle III, line 173.
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* Ask of the Learn'd the way? The Learn'd are blind;<br>This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind;<br>Some place the bliss in action, some in ease,<br>Those call it Pleasure, and Contentment these.
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** [[Alexander Pope]], ''[[An Essay on Man]]'' (1733-34), Epistle IV, line 19.
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* Wearing all that weight<br>Of learning lightly like a flower.
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** [[Alfred Tennyson]], ''[[In Memoriam A.H.H.]]'' (1849), Conclusion, Stanza 10.
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* "It is the prowess of scholars that meetings bring delight and departures leave memories."
* "It is the prowess of scholars that meetings bring delight and departures leave memories."
** [[Tiruvalluvar]], Tirukkural: 394.
** [[Tiruvalluvar]], Tirukkural: 394.
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* I've studied now Philosophy<br>And Jurisprudence, Medicine<br>And even, alas, Theology<br>From end to end with labor keen;<br>And here, poor fool; with all my lore<br>I stand no wiser than before.
* I've studied now Philosophy<br>And Jurisprudence, Medicine<br>And even, alas, Theology<br>From end to end with labor keen;<br>And here, poor fool; with all my lore<br>I stand no wiser than before.
** [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'', I. Night. Bayard Taylor's translation.
** [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'', I. Night. Bayard Taylor's translation.
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* Yet, he was kind, or, if severe in aught,<br>The love he bore to learning was in fault;<br>The village all declar'd how much he knew,<br>'Twas certain he could write and cipher too.
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** [[Oliver Goldsmith]], ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), line 205.
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* While words of learned length and thundering sound<br>Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around.
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** [[Oliver Goldsmith]], ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), line 211.
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* And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,<br>That one small head should carry all it knew.
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** [[Oliver Goldsmith]], ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), line 215. Ed. 1822, printed for John Sharp. Other editions give "could" for "should," "brain" for "head".
* Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
* Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
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** They have learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.
** They have learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.
** [[Chevalier de Panet to Mallet du Pan]] (Jan., 1796). (Of the Bourbons.) Attributed also to [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]].
** [[Chevalier de Panet to Mallet du Pan]] (Jan., 1796). (Of the Bourbons.) Attributed also to [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]].
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* A little learning is a dangerous thing;<br>Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;<br>Their shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,<br>And drinking largely sobers us again.
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** [[Alexander Pope]], ''[[An Essay on Criticism]]'' (1711), line 215.
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* Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield;<br>Learn from the beasts the physic of the field;<br>The arts of building from the bee receive;<br>Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave.
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** [[Alexander Pope]], ''[[An Essay on Man]]'' (1733-34), Epistle III, line 173.
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* Ask of the Learn'd the way? The Learn'd are blind;<br>This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind;<br>Some place the bliss in action, some in ease,<br>Those call it Pleasure, and Contentment these.
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** [[Alexander Pope]], ''[[An Essay on Man]]'' (1733-34), Epistle IV, line 19.
* ''Ein Gelehrter hat keine Langweile.''
* ''Ein Gelehrter hat keine Langweile.''
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* Wearing his wisdom lightly.
* Wearing his wisdom lightly.
** [[Alfred Tennyson]], ''A Dedication''.
** [[Alfred Tennyson]], ''A Dedication''.
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* Wearing all that weight<br>Of learning lightly like a flower.
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** [[Alfred Tennyson]], ''[[In Memoriam A.H.H.]]'' (1849), Conclusion, Stanza 10.
* The King, observing with judicious eyes,<br>The state of both his universities,<br>To one he sent a regiment, for why?<br>That learned body wanted loyalty;<br>To the other he sent books, as well discerning,<br>How much that loyal body wanted learning.
* The King, observing with judicious eyes,<br>The state of both his universities,<br>To one he sent a regiment, for why?<br>That learned body wanted loyalty;<br>To the other he sent books, as well discerning,<br>How much that loyal body wanted learning.