 | American Institute of Instruction - 1841 - 254 pages
...facts ; otherwise knowledge is not wisdom. . > " These, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. 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 and... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1844 - 278 pages
...very deficient in wisdom. " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. 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, and... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 pages
...help but lead to good, and although they may occasionally bring forth some ebullitions of vanity for " Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble, that he knows no more." Yet age and experience will correct this. In the dying words of La Place, " what we know is but little,... | |
 | William Logan Fisher - 1845 - 216 pages
...day. 12 " The heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes...so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more." COWPER'S TASK. Connected with the subject of the clergy, is the continued recommendation of the Sabbatarians... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 pages
...Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull. Strong without rage, without o'erflowing, full. 4. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull. Strong without rage, without o'erflowing, fulL 4. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Books are not seldom talismans and spells, By which the magic art of shrewder wits Holds an unthinking... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...received from without, the other is elaborated within, as the Poet has said : — "Wisdom and knowledge, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own : Knowledge, a rude uuprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds." We would say, then, get knowledge... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom,1 far from being one, Have oft-times no connection :...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed, and squared,... | |
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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. 
