1 Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Wilkie Collins, Ignorance, Pedantry, Vanity, 0 Wilkie Collins Novelist · England Copy
2 Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joseph Addison, Knowledge, Pedantry, Power, 0 Joseph Addison Writer · England Copy
3 There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mark Kac, Error, Negativity, Pedantry, 0 Mark Kac Mathematician · Poland Copy
4 One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bruno Schulz, Close-mindedness, Pedantry, Pettiness, 0 Bruno Schulz Writer · Poland Copy
5 Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Common Sense, Pedantry, 0 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Physician · USA Copy
6 Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Disgust, Ignorance, Pedantry, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
7 Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry. Author, August 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander McCall Smith, Appreciation, Pedantry, Self-pity, 0 Alexander McCall Smith Writer · Zimbabwe Copy
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves. William Gurnall Clergyman · England
I have come to realize you can never be truly happy unless you’ve known some sorrow. Lisa Kleypas Author
