Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
William Cowper
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The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain. -
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In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather cheers me up. With his chubby, Dickensian features and his knowledge of T.H. Green and other harmless leftish political classics, Hattersley might not be such a bad thing after all. -
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More quotes by William Cowper
- The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
- Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
- Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
- God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
- Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.