 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1846 - 426 Seiten
...mankind than those heartless pedantic scholars, who, like Laurentius Valla, Platina, and Politian, were so in love with the classics, that they grew...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... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1846 - 412 Seiten
...mankind than those heartless pedantic scholars, who, like Laurentius Valla, Platina, and Politian, were so in love with the classics, that they grew...learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.1 There is such a thing as being "sapienter indoctus," as Gregory the Great said of St. Benedict... | |
 | 1846 - 318 Seiten
...reiueui ui uu-; mu.tn, wts may assent to the poet's value of each :— 's estimate of the relative "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 smoothed, and squared,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1846 - 312 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Haessler - 1988 - 272 Seiten
...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 name... | |
 | Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson, Denys Wilkinson - 1991 - 244 Seiten
...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 - 236 Seiten
...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 - 290 Seiten
...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 relation... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - 1997 - 510 Seiten
...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 - 666 Seiten
...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 Works,... | |
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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. 
