I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency. - Ralph Waldo

I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Scholars, Scholarship
category

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation. He is the worlds eye. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote… takes on the character of divine revelation. – Margaret Halsey

Random Quotes

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. – George Bernard Shaw

Category:
Integrity

I never trust anything that can be captured in 2 takes. – Eleanor Tomlinson

Category:
Trust

I dont want to be interesting. I want to be good. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Category:
Art

My family makes these vinegars – out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer, label them, and give them as Christmas presents. – Mario Batali

Category:
Family