His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.
He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Men have always shown a dim knowledge of their better potentialities by paying homage to those purest leaders who taught the simplest and most inclusive rules for an undivided mankind.
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.