The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food - they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.


Quoted in Henry Thomas Loomis, Spelling and Letter Writing: For Use in Commercial School, Normal, Schools, Colleges, Academies and High Schools, Lesson 84 (p. 60)

Jean de La Bruyère Quotes

The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food - they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.

The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food - they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.

The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food - they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.

The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food - they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.