A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher. - Johann von Goethe

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher. – Johann von Goethe

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Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. – Ambrose Bierce

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

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. Thats what sitting on your ass does to your face. – Leonard Cohen

When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant. – Confucius

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