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“Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as ''spectacles'' to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.”
William Hazlitt quotes (British Writer, best known for his humanistic essays. 1778-1830)

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“For the first fourteen years for a rod they do while for the next as a pearl in the world they do shine. For the next trim beauty beginneth to swerve. For the next matrons or drudges they serve. For the next doth crave a staff for a stay. For the nex”
Thomas Tusser quotes (English Farmer and Writer. 1524-1580)

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“The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.”
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“Lexicographer. A writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.”
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“He types his labored column - weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn.”
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“A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.”
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