Barren quotes
23 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"For my part, I am convinced that the method of teaching which approaches most nearly to the method of investigation is incomparably the best; since, not content with serving up a few barren and lifeless truths, it leads to the stock on which they grew."
"We often become mentally and spiritually barren because we're so busy."
"The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor."
"O leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree."
"Our science, so called, is always more barren and mixed with error than our sympathies."
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