“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people”
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“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people”
“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited”
“Experience is not enough in itself - it has to be weighed, ordered and digested, and we have to draw the right conclusions from it”
“The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
“Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them”
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
“Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt”
“You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother”
“The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious”
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18”
“Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most”
“An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.”
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well”
“In youth we learn; in age we understand”
“An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex”
“Education is the best provision for the journey to old age ”
“All men by nature desire knowledge”
“Experience is the teacher of all things”
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former”