Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
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- Adapted rendering of Academica (Acad. Quaest.), 4.41; Wikiquote sourced thematic citation.
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CiceroYet such is the pleasure I take in recalling our friendship, that I look upon my life as having been a happy one because I have spent it with Scipio.CiceroWith him I was associated in public and private business; with him I lived in Rome and served abroad; and between us there was the most complete harmony in our tastes, our pursuits, and our sentiments, which is the true secret of friendship.CiceroAll I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.CiceroBut I must at the very beginning lay down this principle— friendship can only exist between good men.CiceroNow this truth seems clear to me, that nature has so formed us that a certain tie unites us all, but that this tie becomes stronger from proximity.Cicero
CiceroYet such is the pleasure I take in recalling our friendship, that I look upon my life as having been a happy one because I have spent it with Scipio.CiceroWith him I was associated in public and private business; with him I lived in Rome and served abroad; and between us there was the most complete harmony in our tastes, our pursuits, and our sentiments, which is the true secret of friendship.CiceroAll I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.CiceroBut I must at the very beginning lay down this principle— friendship can only exist between good men.CiceroNow this truth seems clear to me, that nature has so formed us that a certain tie unites us all, but that this tie becomes stronger from proximity.CiceroMore on learning
A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.Chinese proverbThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleStudy the past if you would define the future.
ConfuciusBy three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection; second, by imitation; third, by experience.ConfuciusDo not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
ErasmusMen learn while they teach.
Seneca
AristotleStudy the past if you would define the future.ConfuciusBy three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection; second, by imitation; third, by experience.ConfuciusDo not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.ErasmusMen learn while they teach.Seneca