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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He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Im a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen. – J. M. Synge

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