26 quotes
Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. — Men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
A little and a little, collected together, become a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cup-bearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgment.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. — Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
Two persons take trouble in vain, and use fruitless endeavors, — he who acquires wealth without enjoying it, and he who is taught wisdom but does not practice it. How much soever you may study science, when you do not act wisely you are ignorant. The beast whom they load with books is not profoundly learned and wise; what knoweth his empty skull whether he carrieth firewood or books?
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)