“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.”
Source: How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
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American philosopher and educator 1902–2001Related quotes

"Dedication to Dr. Argent and Other Learned Physicians".
De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis (1628)

“From the errors of other nations, let us learn wisdom”
Source: Common Sense

“Epops: A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.”
tr. in Goldstein-Jackson 1983, p. 163 http://books.google.com/books?q=isbn%3A9780389203933+%22A+man+may+learn+wisdom+even+from+a+foe%22+Aristophanes
Birds, line 375-382 (our emphasis on 375 and 378-379 and 382)
Compare the later: "We can learn even from our enemies", Ovid, Metamorphoses, IV, 428.
Birds (414 BC)
“I learn more from books than from people”
Source: The Beasties

“All I have learned, I learned from books.”