Monday, December 09, 2019
A Life Devoted to Knowledge
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Rasselas, chapter VIII:
Newer› ‹Older
"Sir," said Imlac, "my history will not be long: the life that is devoted to knowledge passes silently away, and is very little diversified by events. To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of a scholar. He wanders about the world without pomp or terror, and is neither known nor valued but by men like himself."
