Famous quotes containing the words learning and/or commons:
“Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)