"We learn nothing by being right."
— Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Haven (1951)
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| Jack Skellington trying to explain Christmas Town to his admirers, from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
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Showing posts with label learning. Show all posts
Monday, September 12, 2016
Quote of the Day for 2016-09-12
"We learn nothing by being right."
— Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Haven (1951)
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Quote of the Day for 2016-05-05
"Try to learn something about everything, and everything about something."
— Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) A favorite maxim, inscribed on his memorial in Ealing (1902)
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| Alma Mater statue (Athena) on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University (1904) |
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