Quote#Wisdom
Real knowledge, like every thing else of the highest value, is not to…
Quote byThomas Arnold · 1795–1842
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895). p. 364..
English (original)
Real knowledge, like every thing else of the highest value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, — studied for, — thought for, — and, more than all, it must be prayed for.
— Thomas Arnold
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