Educational Sayings
54 sayings found from the Early Modern era from 54 authors
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
There is no book so bad that it does not contain something good.
He who cannot give an account of three thousand years of history remains in darkness, inexperienced, and lives from day to day.
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
I am still a young man, and I have much to learn.
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
The proper study of music is man.
My greatest teacher is nature.
I believe that I have discovered the earthly paradise.
I am not afraid of the unknown, for it is where new discoveries are made.
I will not leave this land until I have discovered its secrets.
I did not come to make friends, but to make history.
The game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry. If the game of push-pin furnish more pleasure, it is more valuable than either.