Art and knowledge brings bread and honor.
Art and knowledge brings bread and honor.
Meaning in plain English
Art and knowledge bringing bread and honour link skill and understanding with livelihood and recognition. The saying values learning through hoped-for practical outcomes.
Example
Someone develops a skill while realistically considering opportunities and the support needed to use it.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
The statement is not an employment, income or status guarantee. Access, circumstances and recognition differ, and worthy work can remain poorly rewarded. A useful reading supports learning for its many benefits without treating economic success as proof of merit or hardship as proof of a failure to learn.
When to use it
Use it to value learning without promising income or recognition.
Keep in mind
No financial outcome or worth ranking from success is established.
Edsverb editorial interpretation · agent reviewed · 2026-10-05. This explains the saying; it does not establish its historical origin.
- Country attributed by the collection
Denmark · source-attributed; earliest origin unverified
- Source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference
Supplied reference B; unit 728; PDF page 68; collection label: Denmark
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