No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

Quote by William Congreve

Topics: Enemies Quotes, Learning Quotes

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make...

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make...

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness,...

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness,...

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a...

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a...

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education...

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education...

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the...

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em:...

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em:...

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the...

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor...

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor...

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being...

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being...

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Believe it, Men have ever been the same, And all the Golden Age is but...

Believe it, Men have ever been the same, And all the Golden Age is but...

At my age, I'm envious of a stiff wind.

At my age, I'm envious of a stiff wind.

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the...

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the...