Quotes About Learning

Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.

A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.

I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.