Maxim
Keep learning, all your life.
“Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?”
Confucianism · Ancient (before 200 BCE)
Translation: public-domain translation (Legge)
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Learning is not a stage we finish but a way of staying awake to the world. Traditions far apart describe it as a quiet pleasure, the mark of someone wise enough to know there is always more to hear.
Related expressions
“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:”
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”
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“Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim,”
Score
Moral Rank 56.5 · Evidence E = 12.66
E = ln(1+4.00) + √2.55 + 3·2.15 + 1.5·2 = 12.66