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Quote by George Chapman
And let a scholar all earths volumes carry, he will be but a walki

And let a scholar all earths volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. – George Chapman

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

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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

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Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound

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

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