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“Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is nothing with respect either to honour or advantage, for the world cannot reward those qualities which are concealed from it; with respect to others it is nothing, because it affords no help to ignorance or errour.”

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Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“Every man of sound brain whom you meet knows something worth knowing better than yourself. A man, on the whole, is a better preceptor than a book. But what scholar does not allow that the dullest book can suggest to him a new and a sound idea?”

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Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead to confusion and hence to injustice to one's self.”

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Author:Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

“A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”

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Author:Laozi

“A scholar is just a library's way of making another library.”

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Book:Consciousness Explained

Source: Consciousness Explained

“We find that one of the most rewarding features of being scientists these days ... is the common bond which the search for truth provides to scholars of many tongues and many heritages. In the long run, that spirit will inevitably have a constructive effect on the benefits which man can derive from knowledge of himself and his environment.”

“Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt.”

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Author:Humayun Azad

“I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.”

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Author:Margaret Caroline Anderson

“The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.”

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Book:Maxims and Reflections

Source: Maxims and Reflections