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Learning Quotes - Page 3

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Courier Corporation

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). “Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition”, p.296, Northwestern University Press

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Medicine as a Profession for Women”, p.15, Library of Alexandria

God is in the details.

Quoted in Architectural Forum, May 1958 See Flaubert 3; Modern Proverbs 24; Warburg 1

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.18, Beacon Press

Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. I truly believe in the saying "We work to become, not to acquire."

Bill Russell, David Falkner (2001). “Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner”, p.70, Penguin