Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much;

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Books are not seldom talismans and spells.

The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 96.

Some to the fascination of a name

Surrender judgment hoodwink'd.

The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 101.

I would not enter on my list of friends

(Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense,

Yet wanting sensibility) the man