#learning

Let the master praise him, and say, "Here ye do well." For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. ↗

— Roger Ascham

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Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning. ↗

— Roger Ascham

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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds. ↗

— Felix Adler

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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering. ↗

— Aeschylus

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