Famous quotes containing the words learning and/or commons:
“To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter’s art.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“[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)