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John Gay on Graduation

1685–1732 England

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Walkers at leisure learning's flowers may spoil
Nor watch the wasting of the midnight oil.

Impartially their talents scan,
Just education forms the man.

Learning by study must be won;
'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil
O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Gay (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.