 | William Goodman - 1845
...help but lead to good, and although they may occasionally bring forth some ebullitions of vanity for " Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble, that he knows no more." Yet age and experience will correct this. In the dying words of La Place, " what we know is... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1846
...seen sentences of his which certainly indicate that he had his title from, a different cause. Ginguene acknowledges that the charges against St. Gregory...learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.i There is such a thing as being "sapienter indoctus," as Gregory the Great said of St. Benedict... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1846 - Liczba stron: 300
...disparagement of the latter, we may assent to the poet's estimate of the relative value of each : — "Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom huilds, Till smoothed, and squared,... | |
 | Richard HILEY - 1846 - Liczba stron: 12
...illustration of Apostrophe. Ex. 14. " Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar"d,... | |
 | Haessler - 1988 - Liczba stron: 264
...smoke, have been statistically shown to be the major cause of fatalities in fire situations . Epilogue Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. William Cowper Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature under which... | |
 | Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson, Denys Wilkinson - 1991 - Liczba stron: 213
...other words, reality is a metaphysical abstraction. I will let William Cowper sum up for the poets: Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. and II Rabi for the scientists: Many lessons can be drawn from the evolution of scientific thought... | |
 | C. DeLacy Evans - 1996 - Liczba stron: 230
...expense of bodily health. " Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd,... | |
 | Charles S. Bryan - 1997 - Liczba stron: 253
...repeating in a medical audience: Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. What we call sense or wisdom is knowledge, ready for use, made effective, and bears the same... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - 1997 - Liczba stron: 504
...Mentis (p. 78) Cowper, William Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connextion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds . . . Knowledge is proud that... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - Liczba stron: 625
...builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. WILLIAM COWPER, (1731-1800) British poet. The Task, bk. 6, 1. 92-7 (1785). Repr. in Poetical... | |
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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. 
