“Men always say there is no female Shakespeare.' 'Humph! You study the fellows who say that, and you'll see they are a long way from being Shakespeares themselves. Why shouldn't women have the same privilege?” MenWayLongStudyFemaleFellowsPrivilegeLong Way Author:Miles Franklin
“The young man who addresses himself in stern earnest to organizing his life-his habits, his associations, his reading, his study, his work-stands far more chance of rising to a position affording him opportunity to exercise his organizing abilities than the fellow who dawdles along without chart or compass, without plan or purpose, without self-improvement and self-discipline.” MenSelfYoungPurposeReadingOpportunityChanceAbilityStudyPlansPositionHabitDisciplineExerciseSelf ImprovementOrganizationFellowsImprovementYoung ManRisingAddressesAssociationSelf DisciplineEarnestCompassAffording Author:B. C. Forbes
“The Roman rule was, to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. The old English rule was, "All summer in the field, and all winter in the study." And it seems as if a man should learn to plant, or to fish, or to hunt, that he might secure his subsistence at all events, and not be painful to his friends and fellow men.” IfsMenShouldSeemsMightEducationBoysTeachStudyEventsFieldsSummerStandingFellowsPlantWinterFishesPainfulSecureHuntsFellow ManSubsistenceOld English Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“Socrates asks him the crucial question about education, and that is, If you study with this fellow, what will he make of you?” IfsAsksLearningStudyFellowsCrucial Author:Leroy S Rouner
“I cannot see the war as historians see it. Those clever fellows study all the facts and they see the war as a large thing, one of the biggest events in the legend of the man, something general, involving multitudes.” MenWarFactsStudyEventsHe ManFellowsCleverHistorianLegendsMultitudesInvolvingLarge Things Book:Inhale & exhale Source: Inhale & exhale
“The learned are seldom pretty fellows, and in many cases their appearance tends to discourage a love of study in the young.” YoungCasesStudyFellowsAppearanceDiscouraging Author:H. L. Mencken