Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Papers for teachers - Page 2991880Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...wisdom, far from heing one, Have oft-times no counexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thonghts of other men , Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rade uuprofitahle mass, The mere materials with which wisdom huilds, Till smoothed, and squared, and... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to eurich. Knowledge... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking... | |
| William Hazlitt - English literature - 1818 - 358 pages
...moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells е^ЬгЙМ. -rr ашйа' •'•' '" • •' : Ь«Аг ood-winSíit. ,H'í> : ..." .'•; • .-... | |
| William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...without his oooks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Know ledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men...mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, '1 ill smooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted to ill place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 pages
...moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his bocks. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd, and fitted to it's place, Does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge is proud that... | |
| William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge... | |
| Medicine - 1821 - 512 pages
...of the poet's remark, that " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft times DO connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their ova." Dr. Cooke's work, in so far as we can judge from the part which we have received, in place of... | |
| John Evans - 1822 - 350 pages
...of practical wisdom, arising from the observance of the New Commandment. As a Christian poet says, Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which WISDOM builds Till smoothM, and squar'd, and fitted to its place, Docs but encumber whom it seems t' enrich. Knowledge... | |
| William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...the same thing, but Cowper, in the following lines, accurately and elegantly shews the difference ; " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes...other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own." To aim at precision in writing, will always be found conducive to the intellectual improvement of the... | |
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