“But you go to a great school, not for knowledge so much as for arts and habits; for the habit of attention, for the art of expression, for the art of assuming at a moment's notice a new intellectual posture, for the art of entering quickly into another person's thoughts, for the habit of submitting to censure and refutation, for the art of indicating assent or dissent in graduated terms, for the habit of regarding minute points of accuracy, for the habit of working out what is possible in a given time, for taste, for discrimination, for mental courage and mental soberness.”
Quote by William Johnson Cory
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William Johnson Cory
William Johnson Cory was a British poet, born on January 9, 1823, and died on June 11, 1892. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and exquisite technique. more