The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differs from the dead
An ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, Greece. Along with Plato...
There is no friend as loyal as a book
American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and noted sportsman.
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach
English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to th...
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in
Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting...
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something
Sir Muhammad Allama Iqbal, was a poet, philosopher and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and sch...
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it, this is knowledge
Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
All knowledge degenerates into probability
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his high...
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose
American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, and humanitarian. He is best known as the princ...
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it
An ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, Greece. Along with Plato...
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all
Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's ...
