A masterpiece, whether in art, athletics, or the classroom, seems to emerge only out of long hours of hard work and diligent study.

After many years of diligent study, she achieved a level of enlightenment equal to his.

Her superior intelligence combined with diligent study left her exceedingly well-versed in all the arts and sciences, and in philosophy.

Poetry was to them a mechanical art that could be learned through diligent study, not something relying on divine inspiration.

Her diligent studies informed both her fiction and her historical writing, contributing to her success as a writer.