“An ounce of perception, a pound of obscure
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Canadian-American drummer , lyricist, and author 1952–2020Related quotes
“Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.”
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Source: Letter to Joseph Benson (7 November 1768); published in The Letters of John Wesley (1915) edited by George Eayrs
“6495. An Ounce of Wit that's bought,
Is worth a Pound that's taught.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1745) : An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
(, 1928)”
Source: Works of Elbert Hubbard
“An old truth asserts that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Speech at the 49th session of the United Nations General Assembly (excerpts) (1994)
“If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.”
Interview, New York Times (1964)
Source: 1980s, Laws of Media: The New Science (with Eric McLuhan) (1988), p. 121