If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.

Quote by Robert Quillen

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Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

If you count all your assets, you always show a profit

If you count all your assets, you always show a profit

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that...

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that...

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be...

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be...

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first...

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first...

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.

Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming...

A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming...

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us,...

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us,...

It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this...

It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this...

Never pride yourself on knowledge. Remember; even a head of iceberg lettuce knows more than...

Never pride yourself on knowledge. Remember; even a head of iceberg lettuce knows more than...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

He that knows least commonly presumes most

He that knows least commonly presumes most

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history...

George knows everything about every fish that comes in here-where they came from, what they...

George knows everything about every fish that comes in here-where they came from, what they...