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  I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some Greek authors; after that, I shall buy clothes.

  —Desiderius Erasmus (12/04/1500)

  Quote tags:priorities, scholarship, study
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  I also remember a religious teacher in the sixth form, a rational enlightened man, quoting from an awful textbook called The Fundamentals of Religion that we had to learn like a garage mechanic boning up on parts. He came to a passage which dismissed Buddhism in two sentences, looked up, and said, 'That's shoddy scholarship'. That phrase resounded in my ears. It wasn't typical. But it did happen.

  —Terry Eagleton (2009)

  Quote tags:buddhism, catholicism, religion, scholarship, theology
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  The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly harmonised; it is true to life. On the other hand, the intellectual attainments of the mere man of learning are like a large palette, full of all sorts of colours, which at most are systematically arranged, but devoid of harmony, connection and meaning.

  —Arthur Schopenhauer (1851)

  Quote tags:intellect, knowledge, learning, philosophy, scholarship
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  A constellation of the most pedantic, obstinate ignorance and presumption, mixed with a kind of rustic incivility, which would try the patience of Job.

  —Giordano Bruno (1584)

  Quote tags:ignorance, obstinacy, patience, pedantry, scholarship
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  Trust the man who hesitates in his speech and is quick and steady in action, but beware of long arguments and long beards.

  —George Santayana

  Quote tags:argument, patience, scholarship, trust

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