“Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.”
“Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity.”
“There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally.”
“To acquire knowledge, one must study;but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
“Sylvie’s knowledge, like Izzie's, was random yet far-ranging, ‘The sign that one has acquired one’s learning from reading novels rather than an education…”
“Generally speaking, it is injudicious for ladies to attempt arguing with gentlemen on political or financial topics. All the information that a woman can possibly acquire or remember on these subjects is so small in comparison with the knowledge of men...”