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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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

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

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

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