Quotes About Knowledge

All this she must possess, added Darcy, and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.

By reading only six hours a-day, I shall gain in the course of a twelve-month a great deal of instruction which I now feel myself to want.

I thank you; but I assure you you are quite mistaken. Mr. Elton and I are very good friends, and nothing more;' and she walked on, amusing herself in the consideration of the blunders which often arise from a partial knowledge of circumstances, of the mistakes which people of high pretensions to judgment are for ever falling into; and not very well pleased with her brother for imagining her blind and ignorant, and in want of counsel.

I will not allow books to prove anything.

I beg your pardon; one knows exactly what to think.

She had an excellent heart — her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were strong; but she knew how to govern them: it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn; and which one of her sisters had resolved never to be taught.

Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book.

To come with a well-informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others

It is very unfair to judge of any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation. Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.

She had been a friend and companion such as few possessed: intelligent, well-informed, useful, gentle, knowing all the ways of the family, interested in all its concerns, and peculiarly interested in herself, in every pleasure, every scheme of hers--one to whom she could speak every thought as it arose, and who had such an affection for her as could never find fault.

Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

It is very unfair to judge of any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

A todos nos gusta dar lecciones, pero sólo enseñamos lo que no merece la pena saber.

La personne, homme ou femme, qui n'éprouve pas de plaisir à la lecture d'un bon roman ne peut qu'être d'une bêtise intolérable.

En mi opinión, no hay placer mayor que la lectura.

Es gran lectora, y no encuentra placer en otra cosa.

She's a great reader and takes pleasure in nothing else.

His reading has done him no harm, for he has fought as well as read.

Abbiamo tutti voglia di insegnare agli altri, anche se siamo solo in grado di insegnare soltanto quello che non vale la pena di sapere.

En mi concepto, la buena compañía, señor Elliot, es la de personas inteligentes y bien informadas que puedan conversar de muchas cosas; eso es lo que yo llamo buena compañía

No comprendo que en estos tiempos se descuide una biblioteca familiar.

Evlilikte mutluluk tümüyle ÅŸans meselesidir. Taraflar birbirlerini gayet iyi tan?salar da, hatta baÅŸtan çok benzer olsalar da, bu, mutluluklar?na en ufak bir katk?da bulunmaz. Sonradan daima deÄŸiÅŸmek için ç?rp?n?r, baÅŸlar?n? derde sokarlar; hayat?n? birlikte geçireceÄŸin kiÅŸinin kusurlar?n? ne kadar az bilirsen o kadar iyidir.

He knew her illnesses; they never occurred but for her own convenience.

The politeness which she had been brought up to practise as a duty made it impossible for her to escape; while the want of that higher species of self-command, that just consideration of others, that knowledge of her own heart, that principle of right, which had not formed any essential part of her education, made her miserable under it.