Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. – Ambrose Bierce Category: Scholars, Scholarship
When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant. – Confucius Category: Scholars, Scholarship
And let a scholar all earths volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. – George Chapman Category: Scholars, Scholarship
Im a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen. – J. M. Synge Category: Scholars, Scholarship
Men would not live long in society, were they not the mutual dupes of each other. – François VI de la Rochefoucault (1613–1680) Category: Society
The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable. – Jim Goad Category: diet
Peace cannot be kept by force it can only be achieved by understanding. – Albert Einstein Category: Peace