knowledge Quotes

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

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

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.