 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1846 - 312 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...silehce. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofttable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd,... | |
 | Haessler - 1988 - 272 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...of the good, and upon it construct a castle of wisdom — but not at the expense of bodily health. " Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 pages
...kept at home! 1045 'The Progress of Error' Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid. 1031 1046 The Task Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. 1047 The Task "The Sofa' Thus first necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbowchairs,... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...The Task But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. 262 i The Task . 2072 'Mediocrity in Love Rejected' Give me more love or more disdain; The torrid or t 2622 The Task (of hunting) Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. 2623 The Task... | |
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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. 
