"It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work."

-- W. Somerset Maugham

#Education Quotes #Knowledge Quotes #Hard Work Quotes

“A man's inner nature is revealed by what he praises-a man is self-judged by what he says of others. Thus a man is judged by his standards, by what he considers the best. And you can't find a more crucial test. It reveals the soul.”
“Virtue is its own punishment.”
“Sometimes I find myself sitting in one spot for hours, staring at nothing, thinking of nothing, feeling nothing, and most disturbingly, caring about nothing.”

Source : Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.209, Penguin
“Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your languid spleen, An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato, or a not-too-French French bean!”
“The only real danger to our country is from within, that we forget our own power to be what we want to be.”
“I am a big advocate of what is known as net neutrality. This means that providers are compelled to transmit content without political or commercial pre-selection.”
“I can't help thinking if she-the director of a government agency-is this ignorant about what funding is available and where the money comes from-how often lower-level bureaucrats must give wrong answers when people are looking for help to start a business.”
“The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.”

Source : Benjamin Rush (1806). “Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical ...”, p.93

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