 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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 torri more. 2622 The Task (of hunting) Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. 2623 The... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - Mathematics - 2019 - 390 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... | |
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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. 
