 | William Logan Fisher - Sabbath - 1845 - 216 pages
...day. 12 " The heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes...so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more." COWPER'S TASK. Connected with the subject of the clergy, is the continued recommendation of the Sabbatarians... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull. Strong without rage, without o'erflowing, fulL 4. Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times...Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude, unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which Wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared,... | |
 | Haessler - Technology & Engineering - 1988 - 272 pages
...smoke, have been statistically shown to be the major cause of fatalities in fire situations . Epilogue Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. William Cowper Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature under which name... | |
 | Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson, Denys Wilkinson - Astrophysics - 1991 - 244 pages
...other words, reality is a metaphysical abstraction. I will let William Cowper sum up for the poets: Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. and II Rabi for the scientists: Many lessons can be drawn from the evolution of scientific thought... | |
 | C. DeLacy Evans - Health & Fitness - 1996 - 236 pages
...of the good, and upon it construct a castle of wisdom — but not at the expense of bodily health. " Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes...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,... | |
 | Charles S. Bryan - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 290 pages
...repeating in a medical audience: Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of...learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. What we call sense or wisdom is knowledge, ready for use, made effective, and bears the same relation... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - Science - 1997 - 510 pages
...Mentis (p. 78) Cowper, William Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connextion. 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 . . . Knowledge is proud that... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. WILLIAM COWPER, (1731-1800) British poet. The Task, bk. 6, 1. 92-7 (1785). Repr. in Poetical Works,... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...The Task But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. 262 i The Task . 2072 'Mediocrity in Love Rejected' Give me more love or more disdain; The torrid or t 2622 The Task (of hunting) Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. 2623 The Task... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...kept at home! 1045 'The Progress of Error' Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid. 1031 1046 The Task Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. 1047 The Task "The Sofa' Thus first necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbowchairs,... | |
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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. 
