Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extensity.
The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail
Read much, but not many books.
The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.
The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.
I was taught that if you're going to study something, you must understand it deeply and be familiar with primary sources. But if you write a history of the whole world, you can't do this. That's the trade-off.
But what can a man see of a library being one day in it?
Not deep the poet sees, but wide.
The most educated person in the world now has to admit-- I shall not say confess-- that he or she knows less and less but at least knows less and less about more and more.
