“Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.”
No. 2 (24 March 1750) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Joh1Ram.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=2&division=div1
Source: The Rambler (1750–1752)
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English writer 1709–1784Related quotes
"Representación," San Carlos, 12 November 1800, Santa Bárbara Arch., 2:199-211.
“Men must be reminded that as civilization becomes more industrial and urban”
Individualism and Socialism (1933)
Context: Men must be reminded that as civilization becomes more industrial and urban, relationships become more impersonal, and that much of our sinning is done as members of groups.
“Nothing reminds us of an awakening more than rain.”
Rain http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rain-199/
From the poems written in English
Letter to Samuel Cooper (30 April 1776) http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2093
Context: We cannot make Events. Our Business is wisely to improve them. There has been much to do to confirm doubting Friends & fortify the Timid. It requires time to bring honest Men to think & determine alike even in important Matters. Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”
Calvin Mooers (1947); cited in. Eugene Garfield (1997) "A Tribute To Calvin N. Mooers, A Pioneer Of Information Retrieval." The Scientist, Vol:11, #6, p. 9, March 17, 1997
“STRUCTURE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONTENT IN THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION.”
Source: Revolution for the Hell of It (1968), p. 109, quoting the famous statement of Marshall McLuhan.
Context: STRUCTURE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONTENT IN THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION. It is the same as saying "the medium is the message."
Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.12