Stupid people, who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited; that is, ungentle, uncharitable, unchristian.—Thackeray.
Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter.—Greville.
Learning.—Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.—Chesterfield.
He who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.—Saadi.
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.
—Pope.
The three foundations of learning: Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much.—Catherall.
The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him, and to imitate Him, by possessing our souls of true virtue.—Milton.
Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.—Sir W. Temple.
Learning makes a man fit company for himself.—Young.
He who has no inclination to learn more, will be very apt to think that he knows enough.—Powell.