A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. -John Henry Newman

 

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.


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This quote is just one of 6 total John Henry Newman quotes in our collection. John Henry Newman is known for saying 'A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

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When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless.

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Calculation never made a hero. -John Henry Newman
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Ability is sexless.

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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

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A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. -John Henry Newman
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