“Can all that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow?”— Thomas Campbell, To the Rainbow, in Theodric and Other Poems, 1825Share
“'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”— Thomas CampbellShare
“Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name?”— Thomas CampbellShare
“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”— Benjamin FranklinShare
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”— Miguel de CervantesShare
“Be attentive therefore, according to the instruction of the Gospel, to learn obedience from the lily and the bird.”— Søren KierkegaardShare
“I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.”— Abraham LincolnShare
“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.”— Thomas JeffersonShare
“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”— Edward Bulwer-LyttonShare
