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Learned Man Quotes

A learned man is a sedentary, concentrated solitary enthusiast, who searches through books to discover some particular grain of truth upon which he has set his heart. If the passion for reading conquers him, his gains dwindle and vanish between his fingers. A reader, on the other hand, must check the desire for learning at the outset; if knowledge sticks to him well and good, but to go in pursuit of it, to read on a system, to become a specialist or an authority, is very apt to kill what... Virginia Woolf
A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come."And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we. Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried, "I am lost. Stephen Crane
George Bernard Shaw quote: "A learned man is an idler who kills time by study."
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study. George Bernard Shaw
to find why this sheep's wool was red; and the prize was awarded to a learned man of the North, who demonstrated by A plus B minus C divided by Z, that the sheep must be red, and die of the rot. Voltaire
When the Professor is told by the Polynesian that once there was nothing except a great feathered serpent, unless the learned man feels a thrill and a half temptation to wish it were true, he is no judge of such things at all. When he is assured, on the best Red Indian authority, that a primitive hero carried the sun and moon and stars in a box, unless he clasps his hands and almost kicks his legs as a child would at such a charming fancy, he knows nothing about the matter. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Victor Hugo quote: "The learned man knows that he is ignorant."
The learned man knows that he is ignorant. Victor Hugo
In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will. Jose Ortega y Gasset
Whenever I hear the epistles of Paul read out loud in the liturgy, I am filled with joy... If I'm regarded as a learned man, it's not because I'm brainy. It's simply because I have such a love for Paul that I have never left off reading him. He has taught me all I know. Charles Freeman
For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man. Frederic William Farrar
Phaedrus quote: "A learned man has always riches in himself."
A learned man has always riches in himself. Phaedrus
Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than to read or write; who, however, wrote much and well, but too often by rote. William Hazlitt
Anzia Yezierska quote: "Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on..."
Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on a white horse. Anzia Yezierska
Carlos Castaneda quote: "Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is..."
Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad. Carlos Castaneda
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be..."
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. Michel de Montaigne
E. M. Forster quote: "Man can learn everything if he will but try."
Man can learn everything if he will but try. E. M. Forster

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