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There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences, while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery.

Quote by James Payn about truth, literature, present

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I...

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.

Quote by Shimon Peres about teaching

Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization.

Quote by Shimon Peres about teaching, talking

I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.

Quote by Martin Lewis Perl about teaching, students, work

Genius to know without having learned; to draw just...

Genius to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about genius, soul, things

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about books, age, olderness, world

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned...

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

Quote by Walt Disney about opinion, hope, people

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

Quote by Walt Whitman about truth

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

Quote by Robert A. Heinlein about opinion, man

Let all the learned say what they can, 'Tis ready money...

Let all the learned say what they can, 'Tis ready money makes the man.

Quote by William Somervile about opinion, money, man

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when...

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air

Quote by John Bunyan about word, air

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

Quote by Molière about stupidity

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my...

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Quote by John Stuart Mill about wish, happiness

What would we humans be without a soul? Bound in a material life, deprived of dream journeys, of the beauty of hope, deprived of love and enthusiasm, we would become vague, rigid and cold objects, walking shadows trying to communicate by words...

Quote by Silvia Cinca about soul, contentment, beauty, word, people, objects, enthusiasm, dream, hope, life

I learned just enough in school to figure out that...

I learned just enough in school to figure out that everything is not all there is to know.

Quote by Mark Amend about school

I have learned that sincerity and knowledge of other...

I have learned that sincerity and knowledge of other peopleallow in diplomacythe gatheringof permanent successes not ephemeral ones.

Quote by Nicolae Titulescu about diplomacy, sincerity, knowledge

Man has been searching for the true meaning of life since the very beginning of time, and still, we have just scratched the surface. As we as humans evolve over time, maybe one day that answer will be found, but until then, may we continue to...

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about life, searching, people, time, beginning, day, man

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Quote by Robert Frost about life, word

Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.

Quote by Albert Einstein about science

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