“Poor is the mind that always uses the inventions of others and invents nothing itself."

De Disciplina Scholarium, Pseudo-Boethius (13th century)

The quote appears on a sketch by Hieronymous Bosch called "The Hearing Forest and the Seeing Field" which you can see here:

https://www.artchive.com/artwork/the-hearing-forest-and-the-seeing-field-hieronymus-bosch-c-1500/

I learned of its existence from this book by Robert Macfarlane, which I cannot recommend highly enough, particularly the audio version, which he reads himself.

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