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" Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. "
The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors - Page 402
by Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 432 pages
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...never sought in vain. Ibid. n. 8. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. L. LABOUR. Cheer'd with the view, man went to till the ground From whence he rose ; sentenc'd indeed...
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The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence

William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to then' own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, . The mere materials with which Wisdom builds. Till...
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The Evangelical rambler [by T. East]., Volume 1

1824 - 444 pages
...author— " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have, ofttimes, no connexion. Knowledge dwelli In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own." " Very true," said the Rev. Mr. S. " and hence we sometimes see those who _ are endowed with the greatest...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...moments. Heretheheart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledg-e and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwell« In heads replete with thoughts of other men Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge,...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 3

Industrial arts - 1825 - 486 pages
...MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL, AND GAZETTE. No. 75.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1825. [Price 3rf. " Kaiai-Itilt/e dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men...Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd,...
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Hints to Parents ...: No. I[-VI], Issues 1-6

Education - 1825 - 498 pages
...desirable than knowledge." " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...other men ; Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own." The method is widely different from that which is too frequently pursued, and is at variance with the...
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The Honey Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology, and Management

Edward Bevan - Bee culture - 1827 - 454 pages
...it he has confined himself to man only. " Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with...other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own." It will, I think, be evident to my readers, from the general tenour of this chapter, that though I...
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Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors ...

General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...wiser grow without his books. , Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oftimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with whichr Wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd,...
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Much Instruction from Little Reading: Or, Extracts from Some of the Most ...

Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smooth'd, and squar'd,...
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The Broad Stone of Honour: The True Sense and Practice of Chivalry : Second ...

Kenelm Henry Digby - Chivalry - 1828 - 416 pages
...ashamed of being Christians : they deserve to be esteemed wiser, as well as more virtuous, for • " Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more *." There is such a thing as being " sapienter indoctus," as Gregory the Great said of St. Benedict...
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