 | Goold Brown - 1872 - 368 páginas
...breast, . Though long rebell'd against, not yet suppress'd. — Cowper, Knowledge is proud that Tie has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. — Id. LESSON V. — FIGURES OF SYNTAX. FIGURE IV. ENALLAGE. Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1873 - 406 páginas
...thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to thru- own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, 117 The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till...so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.' 15, 16. wisdom, whose fruit is descr. (vv. 13, 14). above," the source of true wisdom (i. 5, 17). earthly,»... | |
 | Birdsey Grant Northrop - 1873 - 192 páginas
...science, are invited to spend a little of their ample leisure in pondering a couplet of Cowper : " Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more." In plain terms, the conceit of wisdom is in inverse ratio to one's attainments. The less he knows,... | |
 | Samuel Wordsworth Bailey - 1874 - 732 páginas
...thing. He bindeth the floods from overflowing ; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes...so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price... | |
 | Ohio State Medical Society - 1874 - 444 páginas
...wisdom builds. Till smoothed, and squared, and titied to its place.i 1>oes but encumber what it seemed to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned...more. Books are not seldom, talismans and spells, Hy which the magie art of shrewder wits Holds mi unthinking multitude enthralled. Nome to the fascination... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...grow without his hooks. Booh vi. Winter Walh at Noon. Line 85. Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells. Ibid. Line 96. Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwink'd. Ibid. Line 101. I would... | |
 | 1908 - 616 páginas
...life. The recognition of this, "How little we know is the surest sj'mptom of improvement, for while knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, wisdom* is humble that he knows no more." In the practice of medicine and its various branchesthere is no place for weak hearts or feeble untrained... | |
 | 1965 - 516 páginas
...1966: A Special Report for 1966 Registrants NSF 66-11 INFORMATION RESEARCH REPORTS CONTINUE TO APPEAR! Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. — Cowper The following Government research and development reports on information technology may... | |
 | Haessler - 1988 - 272 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
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Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds,... 
