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Learned Man Quotes (page 9)

Epictetus quote: "It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already..."
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. Epictetus
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "The Man of Truth has learned that Illusion is the One Reality,..."
The Man of Truth has learned that Illusion is the One Reality, and that Substance is the Great Impostor. H. P. Lovecraft
And then many things became very clear... we learned perfectly that the life of a single human being is worth millions of times more than all the property of the richest man on earth. Che Guevara
I have a feeling,’ he said, ‘I have a feeling that we were meant to be together. That we have fought the good fight, side by side, in the past or in the future, I do not know. I am a rational man, but I have learned the value of a good companion, and from the moment I clapped eyes on you, I knew I trusted you as well as I do myself. Yes, I want you with me. Neil Gaiman
To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle, and a lesson you can't learn at the foot of any wise man: Get up! The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down. Joe Biden
And yet not a dream, but a mighty reality- a glimpse of the higher life, the broader possibilities of humanity, which is granted to the man who, amid the rush and roar of living, pauses four short years to learn what living means W. E. B. Du Bois
For he had learned some of the things that every man must find out for himself, and he had found out about them as one has to find out --through error and through trial, through fantasy and illusion, through falsehood and his own damn foolishness, through being mistaken and wrong and an idiot and egotistical and aspiring and hopeful and believing and confused. Thomas Wolfe
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of..."
The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship Ralph Waldo Emerson
But I look up high to see only the light, And never look down to see my shadow. This is wisdom which man must learn.- Song Of The Flower XXIII Khalil Gibran
George Santayana quote: "The wisest man has something yet to learn."
The wisest man has something yet to learn. George Santayana
In jail you learn that there are two kinds of guys in this world - and I don't care if they're human or bloodsuckers - there's the ones that take it and the ones that hand it out. And this guy, man - this guy gives it out like fucking candy . . . Guillermo del Toro
Beethoven, he learned, was a proud man who believed absolutely in his own abilities and never bothered to flatter the nobility. Believing that art itself, and the proper expression of emotions, was the most SUBLIME thing in the world, he thought political power and wealth only served one purpose: to make art possible. Haruki Murakami
Though he had both esteem and admiration for the sensibility of the human race, he had little respect for their intelligence: man has always found it easier to sacrifice his life than to learn the multiplication table.[Mr Harrington's washing] W. Somerset Maugham
Like to a maid who exquisitely turns. A promising face to him who, waiting, burns. In hell to hear her answer - so the world. Tricks all, and hints what no man ever learns. Richard Le Gallienne
But I do think the idea that basic cooking skills are a virtue, that the ability to feed yourself and a few others with proficiency should be taught to every young man and woman as a fundamental skill, should become as vital to growing up as learning to wipe one’s own ass, cross the street by oneself, or be trusted with money. Anthony Bourdain

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