Quote by Robert Burton
A mere scholar, a mere ass. - Robert Burton

A mere scholar, a mere ass. – Robert Burton

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There mark what ills the scholars life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron. – Samuel Johnson

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

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

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