Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal.
Source: Referring to education in Scotland. Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell), Vol. II
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.