“The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.”
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 39
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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827Related quotes
“Not so much be lost as would have
No time to look at myself
Ever.”
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From Poetry
Quoted in Vine Deloria, God Is Red: A Native View of Religion. Golden, Colo: Fulcrum Pub, 2003, cited to Virginia Armstrong, I have spoken; American history through the voices of the Indians. Chicago, Sage Books, 1971.
“I mean, it's so hard to make Russell Crowe look like he got in a fight.”
The 78th Academy Awards (2006)
Context: I really thought that the make-up artist for Cinderella Man should have won. I mean, it's so hard to make Russell Crowe look like he got in a fight.
“Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book VI, Winter Walk at Noon, Line 92.
Context: Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass,
The mere materials with which wisdom 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.
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
“He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”
Source: The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
“in due time you'll learn there is life after a lost love!”
Source: Perfect Timing